Why Do We Avoid the First Piece of Bread? It's CURSED.

If you're looking at the photo and shaking your head with a laugh, then you're there with me.

I don't know why I've done it, but I've always avoided the first piece of bread in a loaf.

Sometimes I think someone has breathed on it.
Other times I think someone has had their hands on that one.

I treat it like the muffin in the deli that's out front AND THAT'S THE ONE YOU GET. No, I don't want the display muffin, I want the one in the back that hasn't been breathed on.

See what I'm doing? Looking for a friend here.

I think it's only natural because we've assumed it's taken the blunt of the contact from society in protecting the others. We're thinking some odd mold is going to grow in our belly if we eat it, and we gag for even considering the option.

Maybe I'm crazy. I don't think I am. Thoughts?