Food Facts No.143 Precious crusts

232 CRUSTS Precious FOOD FACTS No scrap of bread is too small to save —it means valuable shipping space Even if you don't like sums, here's one you can grasp at a glance! EVERY CRUMB COUNTS! 1. Half a slice of bread weighs about half an ounce. 2. If 32 people (8 families of four) each waste this amount each day, a whole one-pound loaf is wasted. 3. If everyone in a small town of 12,000 people wastes half a slice each day, that's equal to a sack of flour wasted. 4. If everyone in the country wastes half a slice each day, that's equal to a whole shipload of wheat every 12 days—30 ships a year— A WHOLE CONVOY! Ways of using up stale bread Making Rusks.