I just learned it is called a nobby in the UK.

heel or endpiece

  
  

Not if it is sacred. It must be broken into pieces by adolescent males.



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End piece is used often in the UK and I have heard end crust, but nobby is more commonly heard. UK bread is generally a heavy bread with a hard crust, especially at the ends, hence the term nobby.

I call it the piece at the end. LOL

I've heard someone else call it a heel though.

Edit: Oh, no! I call it the crust. I just read what kentish said and it jogged my memory. Yep. I call it the crust.



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Compost

Bird food :)

I think Crust applies/ is thought to mean all the edges of each slice of bread...

Internet says bread sales are(sorry Pun) ... rising! has anyone here had a PB&J lately?



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Yuck. Good bread is a meal on its own.

I would decide to starve before consuming PBJ. My sibling says that make me a communist.

Hmm. Very possibly.

PB&J should be confiscated and redistributed to the people.

Consumers of the world unite: you have nothing to lose but your almond butter.

And of course kale.

Don't forget keen wah !

It's "quinoa," you philistine!

Bailiff, 30 days on chia seeds and water for the defendant!



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I call it the crust. And yes, I have had a PBJ recently, if by that you mean a peanut butter and jam (as opposed to jelly). Not a big jelly fan, me.

Heel? Crust? Post Metal?

For Australians, the end pieces are the crust. The outer edges of the rest of the slices are called the rinds, IIRC.

The loaf is covered with crust, but the slice at the end is The Crust; same for the other end!

codpiece

Hmm. I suspect that's a use that few bakers anticipate.

BoJ may have relevant experience.

    "Who amongst us is a jaded codpiece?"
          
             --Luke St. Estuary, a biome unto himself

We obviously need a committee to arrive at the truth of this matter, but I'm opting out of participating.
However I'll be happy to find government support for a research study to make findings & perhaps a recommendation...



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My Catholic wife called it the BUM....so BUM it is im my home.

Not if you ate the first one.

Correct :)

Hey Bef, I wonder if you do another thing I do. I very carefully break off those horrid plastic clips and replace with a twist tie. Those plastic clips put holes in the bag!

I haven’t seen a twist tie in years

I get them from the produce department. Then I don't throw them away, I use them over and over. I get really pissed if someone throws them away.

I use clothes pins for closing all the packages.

That is a great idea! I will have to see if I can find some. I assume they still sell them?

They are everywhere, usually around ironing boards and stuff like that.

I use them for everything- closing cereal bags, chips, pet food bags, non food stuff in the bathroom and garage, etc. I use them to hook sheets together to make forts under tables for grandkids. I use them every day for all kinds of random things. They are my go-to kitchen thingie.

(I also save, reuse and hoard twist ties, but I usually end up using them in the yard.)

(Sorry for the long link)

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-Wood-Clothespins-Beige-100-Pack/19398789?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=1905&adid=2222222227719398789_117755028669_12420145346&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-294505072980&wl5=9029401&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=19398789&wl13=1905&veh=sem_LIA&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwISlBhD6ARIsAESAmp5vGAl6L-9CXt6jWAaQFHXWSvS-JOK716m6zelEKdlPYgH2aVly_OIaApRKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

We use them for chips, coffee bags, stuff like that. Haven’t tried them on bread yet.

https://www.amazon.com/Utility-PVC-Coated-Package-Clothes-Parper/dp/B08RJ5BC68/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2T9Q9TZN44V7D&keywords=chip+clips&qid=1688353723&sprefix=Chip+%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-5

Perfect.

I also use these paper binders for closing stuff. I have them in all sizes. They are stronger and smaller than the clothes pins and don't fall off anything.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Binder-Clips-Medium-2-Pack/dp/B074XTSCWK/ref=asc_df_B074XTSCWK/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241973987467&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9081642932046290576&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029401&hvtargid=pla-421897024774&psc=1

I use those for everything: the little and medium-sized ones for documents, the large ones for very big documents and for holding bags of food closed, and the very very big ones for what I like to term "enhanced" time-outs.

They work marvelously!

I'm not even going to ask.

When I lived in the UK, I admit I never heard "nobby" used for what I now (in France) call a "croûton". "Nobby" (presumably from "noble" in the aristocratic sense) was often used to describe my rather posh accent, however.

I think we probably called the ends of bread the crust...

For you it is an upper crust!

I don't think it is anything so grand, SM. Just nobby for the nobbly bit found at the end of British hard crust bread. French bread would likekly qualify on that basis but not much bread in the average US supermarket.

A couple more Briticisms. Sarnie or butty, and biffy. Guesses?

Sandwiches :-D

And I give you the Northern UK word 'bap'. Any guesses?

EOD should have an intuitive grasp* of that word.















*Intentional.

Sarnie (butty) is a sandwich. The sandwich was named after the Earl of Sandwich. A bap is a type of bread roll. In my experience usually square. Biffy might be regional too.

I didn't know biffy, though.

Do the British put ketchup on eggs? Asking for a friend.

Clearly no more guesses. Biffy is toilet, bathroom. What they don't have in the UK is rest rooms. Asking for one would be met by a puzzled stare and perhaps a question: "Oh, are you ill?"

Never heard of nobby used in that context. It's possible It's a regional thing. In the Midlands it's a crust.

"What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?"

A: Extremely poor banter.

We can't all afford to talk about expensive wines and cheese.

Which end?

The first END is only the beginning!

Just something to chew on ~°~=^=~°~
(I came up to earth for this)

I'll bring this one to an "end."

No matter what I call it, it never comes!