I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.
I can judge a restaurant by its bread: it winds me up that a lot of places buy pre-packed ones in and don't bother putting them in the oven to crisp them up again. And you shouldn't put bread on a side-plate: it needs to be pushed back into the centre of the table.
Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an egg or a tomato or a hamburger that wasn't flown halfway around the world, that didn't travel on a truck and get stuck in traffic jams, that hasn't been sitting in a supermarket's refrigerator case for days.
If there's something in the kitchen I like, it must be eaten. I try not to leave any snacks I wouldn't want to eat on a daily basis in the cupboard.
I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day.
Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste.
I like eating pepperoni. I heat it up in the microwave and then I let it roast and then I eat it with cheese.
If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it.
I never learned to cook; I was a little spoiled as far as that's concerned.
I never worried about getting stale because the news and the people induce freshness every working hour.