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I was just looking at a bag of croutons (in search of a bedtime snack, lousy habit that it is), and noticed that said bag has a ziploc seal "to keep croutons fresh". Now, unless I'm mistaken, croutons are (toasted) stale bread. So why are we keeping stale bread fresh?
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