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Zahna Eklund & Ketsuda Phoutinane

Bread sparks debate as Brits dispute term for end slices dubbed 'stale guard'


The simple term for a loaf of bread's end piece is the latest point of contention on social media.

The debate was sparked after the No Context Brits Twitter account posted a picture of bread with an arrow pointing toward the end with text reading: "What do you call the end piece of bread?".

Now viewed 2.5 million times, Brits flocked to the post to give their take and, while the jury's out on the definitive term, the responses ranged from "the heel" to more unusual terms like the "the foreloaf" and "Callum and Steve".

Some argued simply calling it "the crust" wasn't distinct enough, as every slice of bread has some crust on it - despite the end slices being almost entirely crust.

One person wrote: "I thought everyone called it the crust, never in my life have I heard it called anything else."

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While another said: "The crust, obviously."

And a third posted: "The heel. Surely everyone calls it that?"

Others chimed in to say they didn't have a name for the slices it all, referring to it as "the end bit" or "the end slice".

On the other hand, some got more creative with their terms for the pieces of bread as some joking they named it "the bit that goes in the bin".

A person quipped: "The stale guard" as one commenter argued: "It's like a lid. Take a middle slice out, put the crust back to keep the rest fresh."

As someone else claimed: "Rubbish ... it's called rubbish and goes straight into the bin."

One joked: "The foreloaf", and another quipped: "Callum and Steve."

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