[Sca-cooks] bread crumbs for feasts

[Stefan li Rous]

How do folks make the bread crumbs for their feasts?

I'm only doing a small luncheon for ~20 people and I've already gone  
through one loaf of bread and only gotten about 3 cups of bread  
crumbs, used in one dish, hais. I expected one loaf of bread to  
provide more than enough crumbs for my several dishes.

I started with a loaf of whole wheat bread and let it sit in the oven  
at low heat. One set for multiple hours and one for just and hour or  
two. I didn't detect a big difference between the two. Both crumbled  
as I broke them into a ziplock bag. I then simply broke up the larger  
crumbs with my fingers. I considered rolling over the bag with my  
roller, but it didn't seem worth it.

So when you need a probably much larger amount of bread crumbs for a  
feast, how do you get them? How many loaves of bread does it take? Do  
you use whole wheat bread? Or white bread? Or whatever is available  
for the cheapest price?

Thanks,
   Stefan
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