My bread needs a tissue

This morning, as I sometimes do, I decided to eschew breakfast and make a pb&j sandwich. I got the pb. I got the j. I got the knife. I got the plate. I took out two pieces of bread, placed them opposite each other on the plate, and then noticed something. Something that, in a crevice in the bread, looked like j.

On the opposite piece of bread, there was a j-smudge where the slice met the other slice’s j. It’s gooey and orange, and looks like marmalade. That’s fine if I put it on the bread, but not fine if I find it there already.

What could have happened here? Did someone at Trader Joe’s -- this was Trader Joe’s wheat bread -- blow his nose while making my loaf? Is this a normal byproduct of bread? Does anyone have an explanation for this?

Meanwhile, I changed plans and had yogurt this morning.

Posted by Jason Feifer at April 19, 2007 10:13 AM