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Hi all.
I recently made a purchase based on reading an article, rather than my usual method of seeing something in person.
Liz and I have been noticing that bread products seem to go stale or mold much faster than they used to.
Go to make dinner, and, oops, the bread has gone moldy again!
Gee, I would like a cheese sandwich, but the bread is hard and stale again!
Yes, freezing is an option, but not a favorite one.

Then we discovered these, https://eazywell.net/products/premium-100-cotton-beeswax-bread-bags-by-eazywell
In high demand and not as cheap as some offered through Amazon.
These come from France, but I feel the wait was worth it.

I like to bake Italian bread; it goes so well with my Italian cooking.
Sadly, it seemed to start going hard by the second day, and by day three, it was eaten or went to the piggies.
When I bake bread, we have a tendency to have bread and butter for our meal, it's just so good!
When our new bread bags arrived, I quickly decided that it was time to bake some bread!
As usual, I only made one loaf. Why make two if one goes to the piggies?
And also, as usual, we ate 2/3 of it right away (damn, it's good!).
The remaining third went into our new bag.
The following day, amazingly enough, the bread had not hard crusted, and was still soft and tasty!
Day three, four remained the same, but on day five, it was finally starting to form a hard crust!!!
I quickly polished off the last slice!
WOW, how cool is this!  We now take our store-bought bread out of the plastic bag and place it in our new bread bag!

How cool to locate a simple old-time product that is still made and still works!
Check them out, the wait is worth it!

https://eazywell.net/products/premium-100-cotton-beeswax-bread-bags-by-eazywell









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I was going to ask about how they're washed -- worried about melting and losing the wax. But I see on your picture that it says "machine wash". Does the literature that comes with say anything interesting about washing the bag?

Specifically what I was imagining is leaving bread in the bag long enough that it _does_ mold anyway, and then there being mold impregnated in the bag.
 
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My wife uses a bread bag as well. I have no idea as to the brand, but it looks similar…and it is effective.  I would check, but she does terrible things to my body if I touch her baking or sewing stuff.
 
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Amazingly enough, there was zero literature that arrived with these.
The bag says "machine washed," not machine wash.
This is from their website.
"Simple. Wipe with a damp cloth or rinse in cool water with mild soap, then air dry. Avoid hot water or machine washing to protect the beeswax coating. Takes 30 seconds."
So no high heat, or you might damage the beeswax.
 
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I just asked my wife. She turns it inside out and shakes out the crumbs.  Afterward, she wipes it out.  

There is a good question implied in this thread. What would be the best way to reapply wax?
 
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After looking it over, I suspect you treat this with care and keep it clean.  
If it stops doing its job, you retire it and order a new one!
I really do not think this could be applied at home, but as there is a first time for everything... I could be mistaken...
 
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I think there's a PEP badge for making beeswaxed fabric to use as a replacement for plastic sandwich bags, so I believe there are home-systems out there.

I think it is key to try not to let anything get forgotten to go moldy inside in the first place. If it does, I wonder if a bit of sun solarization for a few hours would be a help?
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