rookie crouton question

[kellysuea]

I am making the croutons for the ceaser salad from May 2000, and am a little confused about the bread... I'm using a sourdough loaf but the crust is a little hard, am I supposed to use the crust when cutting up the cubes or just the soft inside of the bread? Or does it matter?

[NancyR]

If the recipe calls for baking/toasting the bread cubes I would cut the crust off first if it is very hard. Otherwise you are going to get VERY hard croutons. You can put the crusts in a blender or food processor and give them a few blasts so they are very fine and then use them to bread chicken. I never waste anything.

[kellysuea]

Thanks Nancy, I did take the crust off and they came out great! You would hate to see how much I waste when I cook! SO calls me Calamity Kelly!