It would have been quite at home growing on a piece of stale bread.

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Courgettes, burned and soggy, cold potatoes, stale bread, and for this I was charged 45 francs.

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Russia has weak, beer-like kvass, made from stale rye bread (look for it peddled in soda bottles in Russian enclaves like Brooklyn's Brighton Beach).

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In attempt to keep them waiting, Stacy took day-old stale pita bread, baked it in the oven, spiced it up and broke it into small bite sizes, which she then served to her waiting patrons.

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