breadcrumbs

     

Breacrumbs or bread crumbs (regional variants: breading, crispies) are small particles of dry bread, which are used for breading or crumbing foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thickening stews, and adding inexpensive bulk to meatloaves and similar foods.

Trivia about breadcrumbs

  • Hansel & Gretel scattered these to find their way home, but the birds ate them
  • Use stale bread to make these to bind meatloaf or to coat chicken before baking; panko is a Japanese type

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