bread crusts

Sliced bread perimeters

Bread crusts are the firm outer edges of a slice of bread, darker and chewier than the soft interior.

Children notoriously refuse to eat them: She cut the crusts off her son's sandwich.

The belief that crusts are more nutritious than the rest of the bread persists despite minimal evidence.

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bread texture/location

bread crustsbread crumb

Small piece of baked dough

interior · mie · dough

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G