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Someone on the internet made the mistake of asking what the end slices on a loaf of bread are called and now we are a world divided once again.
For instance, as I was about to write about this, our man Jorge said, “I’ve never heard it been referred to it as anything but ‘crust.'”
To which I rationally replied, “Heel. It’s heel, Jorge. What planet are you from?”
This whole thing got started when British actor Stephen Mangan (Episodes, Houdini and Doyle) asked his Twitter followers what he believed was a very simple question: what do you call the end slices on a loaf of bread?
Over 2,000 tweets later, a whole bunch of people in the world are DEAD WRONG.
If anyone’s looking for over 2000 tweets about what the end slices on a loaf are called (they are called heels) have a look at my timeline.
— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) December 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/craesull/status/1072915360721068032
Wrong.
It’s called the butt, and I’ve heard it called the heel, or ends before.
Never heard it called the crust.— Double Bogey ⛳ (@griff_golf) December 12, 2018
Wrong.
I’ve called it the “booty” all my life 😳😑
— Ms. Marie Sifuentes (@MsMarieDotCom) December 12, 2018
Wrong.
I can't see 'gable end' listed anywhere and now I'm worrying about the rest of my upbringing 🍞
— Oh you pretty things (@oyptjewellery) December 12, 2018
You should be.
It’s the crust, why are we even having this debate 🍞
— Nick Phillips (@NickPhillips01) December 12, 2018
Wrong, I said.
Knobby
— borchy_J (@janetborchard) December 13, 2018
Knobby?
Erm, isn’t it the ‘end stop’??
— Mike Shanahan (@shanahanmike) December 12, 2018
No.
https://twitter.com/karen_mca85/status/1073194081696841728
What?
The crust is the surface of a loaf. The heel is the end slice. I’ll fight anyone who says any different https://t.co/R82lyWvLpq
— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) December 9, 2018
Correct, Stephen!
At there is one thing I know that we can all agree on…
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Bread is delicious.