# Do you re-close your bread with the closer thingie? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138 "2008-10-29T20:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/21 "2008-10-29T22:11:34Z")
i keep the bread in the freezer, with the open end twisted and rolled back on itself. the 2 heels are eaten last, as they protect the open ended slices. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/22 "2008-10-29T22:16:23Z")
I put the twistie in the trash and just tie a knot in the bag. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/23 "2008-10-29T22:17:39Z")
And now for the obligatory-minor-hijack post: Guitarists everywhere know that the plastic bread clip serves as a perfect substitute guitar pick when the situation arises. You know, you’re sitting around with your musician buddies munching away on a loaf of bread when somebody says, “Dadgummit boys, what happened to my guitar pick?” and voilà someone responds with “Well just use the plastic clip thingie there for God’s sake!” Lord I can’t count the number of times that’s happened to me. Alright, I’ll stop. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/24 "2008-10-29T22:23:07Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > And now for the obligatory-minor-hijack post: > > Guitarists everywhere know that the plastic bread clip serves as a perfect substitute guitar pick when the situation arises. > > You know, you’re sitting around with your musician buddies munching away on a loaf of bread when somebody says, “Dadgummit boys, what happened to my guitar pick?” and voilà someone responds with “Well just use the plastic clip thingie there for God’s sake!” > > Lord I can’t count the number of times that’s happened to me. > Alright, I’ll stop. Well, that’s never happened to me, but I like being the resourceful boy-scout when I do find myself in those situations, so thanks for sharing. I sometimes save the wire twist-ties, because they’re useful for tying up plants in the garden. Just can’t stand re-using them on the bread. I never use them when they come with trash bags, either. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/25 "2008-10-30T00:11:38Z")
Pretty sure it’s an anal-retentive thing. After my wife opens the bread that suckers long gone. Me, I twist the bag up and put it back on. ---
**Author:** ![eldowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/26 "2008-10-30T00:29:08Z")
> [@Lugubrious](#): > > Oddly enough, it drives my husband (man) nuts. as opposed to your husband not being a man? 😃 Twist and flip here, she (female) is the same ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/27 "2008-10-30T01:30:50Z")
I love to spin the bread, and then use the twist tie. I do this because I cannot until my knots if I tied the bread bag in itself, and would have to rip a hole. So it’s more practical that I just use the Twist ties. Though I really do enjoy spinning the bag first. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/28 "2008-10-30T02:44:16Z")
Twist and flip, about 90% of the time, though I’ll use the twisty every once in a while. The heel lives at the front to protect the rest of the bread, and then gets eaten by someone who isn’t me. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/29 "2008-10-30T03:11:07Z")
If I manage to not accidentally drop the twistie on the floor–where it vanishes from existance for a couple weeks, gets located by being stepped on, then ends up in the trash–I’ll use it to reclose the bread. Otherwise, I twist and flip. As for eating the crust, I leave it in the bag until just the two crusts are left, then use them to make a peanut butter sandwich together. Crusts are crappy for toast, or other types of sandwiches, but a double crust PB or PBJ sandwich is good. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/30 "2008-10-30T19:37:42Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I’m not totally un-anal though. You know how potato chip bags are usually much taller than the contents? I cut the top off the bag, so the top is only a couple inches from what’s in it. Then fold & clip. It bugs me digging my hand into a tall bag to get at what’s on the bottom. But that’s just something I do, and would never expect anyone else to do. I totally used to do this. But I got better. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/31 "2008-10-30T20:10:06Z")
I’m a spinner, my husband is a twist tie-er, and I also trim back excess chip baggage, not at first but when the product is about half gone ( or sometimes I just roll the extra inside, like a reverse turtle-neck) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/32 "2008-10-30T20:18:02Z")
I’m a guy, and I use their twist -tie or plastic thingie. I don’t trust the weight of the loaf to keep a twisted bag closed. Besides, we save the twist ties and use them to close bags of frozen vegetables in the freezer, then eventually we use them to secure trash bags when we throw them out. Unless they get used as cat toys. Waste not, want not. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/33 "2008-10-30T20:21:32Z")
> [@maladroit](#): > > I’m a spinner… How \*\*YOU \*\*doin’?? 😉 I twist. That plastic or twisty wire thing goes straight in the trash. Cats and wire twisty things do not blend well. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/34 "2008-10-30T20:24:08Z")
> [@New\_Beginning](#): > > My girl and I are the inverse of the stereotype. She spins the bag (at best!) and I am pretty OCD about twist ties. But I’m getting better. I didn’t know there _was_ a stereotype. My wife’s casual disregard for implements of breadbag closure quietly infuriates me. She folds the bag underneath and places it on top of the microwave in such a way that it is virtually guaranteed to drop open and domino, leaving much of the bread to dry up and/or be exposed to mold spores. Agony. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/35 "2008-10-30T20:29:17Z")
Don’t you people realize that if you snap one of those plastic clip thingies in half, you have two lovely little projectiles you can stick on your finger and fling at other people?!? I thought that was the one and only good reason to have the little suckers… I’m all about the twist and flip for the bread bag. As for the crusts, they make a very nice matching set, so they must remain in the bag until they hook up together at the end of the loaf. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/36 "2008-10-30T20:32:03Z")
I never thought about this before, but yes, I always use the twisty tie or that plastic thing. Half the time my husband does the spin and twist thing. I always take a slice from about 2-3 slices from the top, and recently found out husband does the same. What’s that about? ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/37 "2008-10-30T20:40:24Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I hate to sound sexist, but every woman I’ve ever known and/or lived with, carefully re-closes the bread with the wire twist-tie, or that plastic clip thing. > > The show _Mad About You_ did a gag with this. The wife carefully opened the bread (or bagels or muffins) then carefully and meticulously re-closed it. The husband walked up, ripped the bag open, took what he wanted and left. > > Now, I’m not that bad. But, I’ll immediately discard the closer tie thing. Who needs it? I just hold the bag by the top, give the bread a spin, then fold the top over. It’s much faster and works just as well. > > Is this a Venus/Mars thing? > > Oh, and I also eat the crust, since it’s the first thing I took out. Am I the only one on earth who does that, because I’ve never lived with anyone who would stoop to eating the crust if it were the last scrap of food on earth. Why is that? I use the “thingy” (and am a woman). My 16 yr old son leaves the damn wrapper open half the time, but I suspect it’s more to do with being 16 than being male. (his dad was very meticulous about closing things back up properly, but then, he was anal and cheap in general, God rest his soul:) But yeah, if the thingy (I call it a “twisty”) gets lost, or if it’s one of those damned plastic tab things that tend to rip the wrapper and be more trouble than it’s worth, I either just twist and spin or use a clothespin (I keep some on hand just for that purpose and for chip bags.) And I don’t eat the heel…I use it in lentil loaf. I admit, I would have to be pretty close to starvation before I would eat one otherwise. Why? It’s hard and chewey and I just don’t care for it. ---
**Author:** ![MsFancyPlants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MsFancyPlants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsFancyPlants)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/38 "2008-10-30T20:52:31Z")
Ah, come on you guys. The heel is good, REALLY. Like the loaf of bread got more flavor compacted into the ends. Still, I’m a woman and do the twist-flip maneuver until the loaf is down to the last few slices and its weight won’t hold it down. It’s good breadcrumb material at that point. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/39 "2008-10-30T20:55:41Z")
> [@New\_Beginning](#): > > My girl and I are the inverse of the stereotype. She spins the bag (at best!) and I am pretty OCD about twist ties. But I’m getting better. Honey, is that you? The answer to the OP that played in my brain was, “Sure I do…now.” I used to simply twist the bag, but shortly after we moved in together I learned that this bothered my husband. He not only prefers the plastic closer thingies, he saves a bunch of them in case we lose one and need backup. Of all the ways he \*could \* ask me to change, this seems pretty mild, so I use the thingie and count my blessings. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138/40 "2008-10-30T20:58:40Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Squeeze the air out, spin and wrap. Sit the loaf on top of the twisted plastic to prevent it from unwrapping. I do the spin, but then fold the open end over the loaf (sort of like if you’re balling a pair of socks). This only works when 4 or 5 slices of bread are already gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-close-your-bread-with-the-closer-thingie/470138.md?page=3)