oh crumbs, the cupboards bare!

Often it has to be said there's nothing to eat save for a bit of stale bread, with little in the fridge or cupboards, crumbs it will be and i'm not disapointed,coarse crumbs fried add wonderful texture and taste to a dish, try fried tomato bread crumbs sprinkled over 'cauliflower cheese', or the classic pommes 'Delmonico' (diced potatoes cooked in milk finished under the grill with crumbs on top) make the google recipe search.
Spaghetti simply boiled and tossed in olive or butter sprinkled with golden crispy fried ciabatta crumbs will evoke many Italiens into romantising their 'nonna' patter and will be enhanced if one has been lucky enough to have some finely grated cheese cheddar or parmesan fried in with them until the whey and salts crunch and kick in extra Umami.
Crunchy Buttermilk Bread crumbs are what i've got in mind for us, homemade brown soda bread, crumbed, fried in rapeseed oil until nutty and slighty sweet with the buttermilks lactic acidity lounging ready to spike when sprinkled on smoked irish salmon,  providing the perfect foil for a little beetroot and horseradish salad.