How to store and reheat bread?

We buy bread from various places. When buying from Costco, it's a BIG bag of them and we can not finish within a couple of days. Through experiments, we discovered ways to store and reheat bread and retain its flavors.

How to store bread?
For breads to be had within a day or two:
1. Wrap bread in foil.
2. Put foil wrapped bread in a ziplock bag, squeeze out air, seal. Store in the FRIDGE.

For breads you can NOT finish within a day or two:
1. Wrap bread in foil.
2. Put foil wrapped bread in a ziplock bag, squeeze out air, seal. Store in the FREEZER.

Time-saving tip: When buying a bag of individual-sized breads from Costco for making sandwiches with later, we slice them in the middle at one batch before wrapping and storing them away. So in the mornings, I just heat them and pack sandwiches for lunch w/o cutting and washing the knife each time.

How to reheat bread?
If using bread from freezer, try to remove it from freezer to the fridge the night before. If you forget or do not get to plan ahead, don't panic. It will just take a little longer to heat.
1. Turn on oven to 500F. (Usually, oven needs to be pre-heated. In our experiments, for reheating bread, pre-heating is not critical.)

2. Drizzle a little water onto the bread surface, spread the water with your hand all over the surface. The intention is to moisten slightly, not to soak with water.

3. Wrap the moistened bread in foil again and put it in to the oven. Heat for 15 minutes. (For small rolls, 10 min maybe enough; for a big loaf, maybe 20min. It depends on the type of the bread- size & density, and your oven.)

(When heating bread in the morning for lunch sandwiches at work/on-the-go, at this point you can go take a quick shower, change and come back to check the bread :-)

4. Take the bread out, open the foil wrap, let it cool for a few minutes. (Esp when you heat the bread to be packed for lunch at work/on-the-go, you want to let it cool for a few minutes before you assemble the sandwich and wrap in plastic wrap/foil again. Otherwise, excessive moisture will be trapped in and make the bread too soggy.)