1. Stale bread makes for stale tasting Breadcrumbs

2. In medieval cuisine, slices of stale bread, called trenchers, were used instead of plates.

3. During the Middle Ages in Europe, thick slabs of coarse and usually stale bread, called "trenchers", were used as plates.

4. She stopped cooking, and for days the boy and his sisters ate stale bread and tamarind jam by the spoonful.

5. The gaoler returned hours later with a cup of brackish water, a bowl of badly-cooked meat and hard, stale bread.

6. Beanballs Cooking spray or parchment paper 1 1/2 cans or 3 cups cooked, drained kidney beans (look for beans without added sugar or corn syrup) 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1/2 cup whole grain bread crumbs (buy as ready-made crumbs or make by putting stale bread in a food processor) 3 cloves or 4 tsp minced garlic