While bread tends to become a little green around the edges within a week, one P.E.I. woman says she has a loaf that's more than eight months old and still fresh.

Gladys Wagner, of Ellerslie, says she purchased a $1.59 loaf of Golden Break bread last November to make a sandwich.

Marie Parry and Gladys Wagner sit with their eight-month-old loaf of bread.
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"It was good. Fresh bread, and I'm a great one for sandwiches," she told CBC News.

While the sandwich was memorable, the loaf of bread was forgotten when Wagner packed up to spend the winter with her daughter.

When she returned in the spring, instead of finding a mouldy mess in her breadbox, Wagner was surprised to find a still fresh loaf. "It's still soft, and no mildew or anything," she says.

Her daughter, Marie Parry, says the loaf is "amazing."

"It's been through a lot, and there it stands, just as good as new," she says, adding, "I'd like to know what's in it, though."

The pair don't intend to throw out the eight-month-old loaf, but they don't plan on eating it. They just want to see how long it can last.

"How will we know its life expectancy if we don't keep it around?" Parry asks. "It's going to be interesting. I think it will still be around next November."