What does one do with a half a loaf of dry, ossified German bread?

[sixohsix@icosahedron.website]

What does one do with a half a loaf of dry, ossified German bread? I know about French toast (arme Ritter) but it's too hard to slice. Any other ideas?

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@sixohsix I am tempted to say “look at it, and you won't ever suffer from hunger, because suddenly a lot of other things will look edible in comparison, such as shoes”, but maybe that requires proper (Pratchett's) Dwarven bread rather than German.

I've put big pieces of bread in milk to make bread cake¹ and usually after a night in it they tend to be soft enough to break down, but if it's very big it may need some help?

¹ leftover bread soaked in milk overnight, add jam, maybe dried fruit, if it's too liquid something like oats or starch or bread crumbs, if it's too dry something liquid like fruit juice or syrup, mix everything, put into a mold, put it in the oven at 180°C until it feels cooked enough (20-30 minutes, usually)