Bread is sometimes described as an “edible sponge” that soaks up butter, soup, gravy, sauce and more.
“Bread: The Edible Sponge! (tm)” was posted on Twitter by punslingerr on September 3, 2009. “Bread is like a edible sponge” was posted on Twitter by Justin on December 10, 2010. “Bread is like an edible sponge. For soaking up oil and shit” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on November 25, 2014. “Bread is an edible sponge” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on February 14, 2018.
Twitter
punslingerr
@punslingerr
Bread: The Edible Sponge! (tm)
1:21 PM · Sep 3, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Justin
@theWhiteBoySays
Bread is like a edible sponge.
9:21 PM · Dec 10, 2010·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Chevy
@ItsChevBoy
This injera thing is it really bread or edible sponge? Whatever it is it taste good!
12:32 PM · Mar 2, 2011·Twitter for BlackBerry®
Twitter
High Above, Beemancer!
@Beemancer
The bread is like an edible sponge #firstimpression
4:12 PM · Oct 19, 2011·Twitter for Android
Twitter
D. Allen
@D___Allen
Bread soaks up soup like a sponge. So i guess that makes it an edible sponge?
4:52 PM · Dec 8, 2011·TweetCaster for Android
Twitter
schiss
@edschiss
Bread is basically edible sponges for butter
12:48 PM · Jun 3, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Carrabs November 25, 2014
Bread is like an edible sponge.
For soaking up oil and shit.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/TitanicMan February 7, 2016
Breads are edible sponges.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Capnsockless February 14, 2018
Bread is an edible sponge
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Ubron802 March 9, 2019
Technically bread and cake are just edible sponges.
Twitter
Living Sarcasm
@SarcasmLiving
Bread is just an edible sponge
8:45 AM · Apr 7, 2019·TweetCaster for Android
Twitter
Ricky Pfeiffer
@CraftyPsycho
Me -
“All this gravy left on my plate, they should make little edible sponges”.
My wife - yeah, it’s called “bread”.
6:47 PM · Jan 8, 2020 from Colorado Springs, CO·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Jake Whitacre
@jakewhitacre
SLICES OF BREAD ARE JUST EDIBLE SPONGES. RT FOR AWARENESS.
3:25 PM · Jan 20, 2020·Talon Android
Twitter
dirt bike mike
@02dirtbikemike
bread slices are edible sponges
8:16 PM · Jan 27, 2020·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/edgydonut February 19, 2021
Bread = Eddible Sponge
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