Remember the Mailbox Bread Lady? It’s That Hot Again

The year was 2023 and one Houston, Texas grandma had us all thinking that it was so hot outside, you could bake a loaf of bread in your mailbox!!

Yup. A whole loaf of bread! I’ve heard of baking eggs or cookies but never did I hear about loafs of bread getting cooked outside until I came across a viral post online.

According to the post I saw online (which means it must be true if it was found online, duh) Houston, TX resident, Roberta Wright, decided she would break away from the typical “cook an egg on the street” trend to show people just how hot it was outside.

This Texas Heat Is So Wild, We Believed Mailbox Bread Was Real

The photo of Roberta pulling out what seems to be a fully baked loaf of bread from her mailbox immediately went viral with some people questioning if the photo was real or just a way to get some “Likes.”

Well, I decided to do some investigative research before I tried baking bread in my mailbox and it turns out, the photo wasn’t exactly what we were led to believe.

*Gasps in Spanish*

According to ABC7 in Chicago, Roberta shared the photo to have a little fun and to challenge people to “use their imagination.”

"It's the storytelling of your imagination," Wright said. "Could it get hot enough? Could the yeast rise and everything like that?"

My trust issues were already bad, now this just adds to that!

Jokes and fake photos aside, this Texas heat is no joke! Although this story was a tad bit fabricated, I’m sure there are other random things we could cook outside, other than eggs.

Brb, gonna grab that frozen pizza from my freezer to see if that will bake in time for dinner!

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