What did the butt of the bread ever do to you? Sure, it moons you each time you open the bag to take a few slices, but does it really have a choice? Unfortunately with each loaf of bread, two slices always get shafted as the outcasts of the group. Should they be outcasts simply because they are unique? It doesn’t make it any better when everyone who reaches into the bag moves the butt out of the way for a “real” slice of bread. Maybe we should feel a little more sympathetic and choose the butt first! That’s what I did this morning when I opened a fresh bag of bread. Guess what…I just ate my sandwich for lunch with the “butt slice” and it tasted just like any other sandwich. So next time you go for a piece of bread, think of how you might feel if you were picked last all the time.
Disclaimer: One butt slice of bread was harmed consumed while writing this post.
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I thought the “butt slice” was there on the top so that it would get stale first, leaving the other bread slices fresh and soft. And then the last slice in the bag is there for eating with butter.
Yeah! That’s it Tom! The working man’s slice. I’ve always liked the butt slice.
I hate the butt slice. I really don’t eat much bread, so it always goes moldy before I’m too desperate to eat it. I think of the butt slice as a protector. Kind of like a bread sacrifice so that others do not get harmed.