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Glorfindel

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3. My mother trimmed the crusts

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Mon May 12, 2025, 05:06 PM

May 12

and saved them in the freezer for bread pudding or for dressing at Thanksgiving.

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When you were a kid, did you eat your sandwiches with the crusts on or cut off. I ate mine with the crusts on as it was [View all] debm55 May 12 OP

I ate the crust Americanme May 12 #1

Thank you very much Americanme. debm55 May 12 #4

Crusts on--my Mother would have smacked us for doing otherwise. hlthe2b May 12 #2

Oh. Thank you very much hlthe2b debm55 May 12 #5

yup Skittles May 13 #66

Mine would not have smacked us, mine would have laughed. OldBaldy1701E May 14 #67

I'm being non-literal about the "smacking..." In my time, a stern comment was considered a "smack down..." hlthe2b May 14 #68

In my house, it involved actual smacking. OldBaldy1701E May 14 #69

My mother trimmed the crusts Glorfindel May 12 #3

That's a good idea. I never thought of that. Thank you Glorfindel debm55 May 12 #6

With the crusts on .... anciano May 12 #7

Thank you anciano. I never ate the end pieces. Don't know why, just didn't. debm55 May 12 #8

I live the crusty end pieces too! SheltieLover May 12 #32

I believe that the crust is the best part of bread JoseBalow May 12 #9

me too!! nt KarenS May 12 #10

Thank you KarenS debm55 May 12 #16

Thank you JoseBalow. I like the crust on Italian and French bread, but not on white bread debm55 May 12 #13

Me, too. I always ate the crust first. I loved it. Midnight Writer May 13 #51

in line with others here ... my mother would have nipped that nonsense in the bud, 'tout suite' ! stopdiggin May 12 #11

Thank you very much, stopdiggin. debm55 May 12 #14

Crusts on! My mother had been a T4 in the WACs in WWII (technician rank equal to buck sergeant). rsdsharp May 12 #12

LOL Thank you rsdsharp debm55 May 12 #15

Crust on. nt Phoenix61 May 12 #17

Thank you Phoenix61 debm55 May 12 #18

The crusts justaprogressive May 12 #19

Thank you very much justaprogressive. debm55 May 12 #20

As Is ProfessorGAC May 12 #21

Thank you very much ProfessorGAC. debm55 May 12 #23

Both of my parents lived through the Great Depression SheltieLover May 12 #31

Thank you very much SheltieLover. I understand debm55 May 13 #65

Crust on. Crust off was for "pinkies up" tea parties surfered May 12 #22

HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHHAH. thank you surfered! debm55 May 12 #24

the crust on. never heard of that one AllaN01Bear May 12 #25

Thank you very much AllaN01Bear. The white bread from the store, I disliked. Other bread crusts I liked. debm55 May 12 #40

Crust on. My Mom would never have allowed me to throw good food away. patphil May 12 #26

Thank you, very much patphil. debm55 May 12 #39

Crusts are the best part. Srkdqltr May 12 #27

My Grandmother baked our bread. markodochartaigh May 12 #28

Thank you markodochartaigh.There were some in grade school that had their crust cut debm55 May 12 #38

Crust on. SheltieLover May 12 #29

Thank you so much, I missed you too. debm55 May 12 #36

I'm a crust eater TexLaProgressive May 12 #30

Thank you so much TexLaProgressive. debm55 May 12 #35

wow...my husband had an aunt stillcool May 12 #33

Thank you stillcool. debm55 May 12 #34

are you from New York? stillcool May 12 #37

HAHAHAHA, no I have live south of Pittsburgh. I do like a harder crust. debm55 May 12 #41

I never even heard of that till was an adult!.... electric_blue68 May 12 #42

Thanks electric_blue68 debm55 May 12 #45

We kids had no choice. Part of it was there were six of us. marble falls May 12 #43

Thank you very much marble falls. debm55 May 12 #44

Waste food? Oh, hell no! chowmama May 12 #46

Thank you chowmama for sharing your post with us. debm55 May 12 #47

Crust on radical noodle May 12 #48

Thank you very much, radical noodle. debm55 May 13 #57

Crusts on. area51 May 13 #49

Great idea, area51. debm55 May 13 #64

My Mom wouldn't have let me waste the bread dai13sy May 13 #50

Very true, dai13sy. Thank you. debm55 May 13 #63

I ate the crust. boonecreek May 13 #52

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much boonecreek debm55 May 13 #62

We ate the crust. Emile May 13 #53

Thank you very much, Emile. debm55 May 13 #61

It never even occurred to me that a sandwich could exist without crust. surrealAmerican May 13 #54

HAHAHAHHHAHA. thank you surrealAmerican. That is so true. debm55 May 13 #60

Crusts on. Aristus May 13 #55

Thank you Aristus. debm55 May 13 #59

Crust On beemerphill May 13 #56

Thank you very much, beemerphill debm55 May 13 #58

I eat the crust. werecat2020 May 16 #70