Homemade breadcrumbs are easy to make and very useful as well.
Ingredients
A few slices bread of choice a few slices to a whole loaf
Instructions
Toast slices of bread in a pan until crisp (not brown) on both sides.
Trim off the brown edges off the slices (if you want strictly white crumbs).
Cut bread into cubes or little squares.
Grind the cubes in the dry mill of a blender/food processor.
VOILA! Your breadcrumbs are ready.
What to do with breadcrumbs? Just a couple of ideas:
Breadcrumbs can be used for coating food before frying to give it a crunchy, crispy finish.
It can also be used for binding foods like meatballs, scotch eggs
Breadcrumbs can also serve as a thickener for soups