The terrible TRUTH about American bread!
- Thread starter Jürgen Hubert
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trancejeremy
Adventurer
Yup, bread sold in American grocery stores pretty much sucks. Epecially French bread. Sometimes you can find some decent Italian, but usually that's pretty bad, too.
Two exceptions: Trader Joes (if you have them in your area, they are mostly based in California, though St. Louis has a few for some reason); and oddly enough, Wal-mart. Their grocery stores have really good french bread. They bake them every couple of hours so it's usually warm.
Two exceptions: Trader Joes (if you have them in your area, they are mostly based in California, though St. Louis has a few for some reason); and oddly enough, Wal-mart. Their grocery stores have really good french bread. They bake them every couple of hours so it's usually warm.
Jürgen Hubert
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Aeson said:Isn't that French bread?
It claimed that on the package. But no actual French baker would dare to serve his customers something like this.
LOL!
Even by American "french" bread standards, that's pretty sad. It looks like that loaf was either underbaked, or had gotten damp.
There are brands, such as Brownberry, that aren't your typical bleached-flour spongy white bread.
Trader Joe's was originally primarily in California, but they've been expanding pretty rapidly, and are actually in the Columbus, OH area: http://www.traderjoes.com/locations.asp
Even by American "french" bread standards, that's pretty sad. It looks like that loaf was either underbaked, or had gotten damp.
There are brands, such as Brownberry, that aren't your typical bleached-flour spongy white bread.
Trader Joe's was originally primarily in California, but they've been expanding pretty rapidly, and are actually in the Columbus, OH area: http://www.traderjoes.com/locations.asp
Olaf the Stout
Legend
I take it that you were expecting it to not droop but either snap off cleanly or just hold the weight of the rest of the bread? Was it wrapped in plastic?
Olaf the Stout
Olaf the Stout
Jürgen Hubert
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Olaf the Stout said:
I expect bread to hold its own weight when held up by one end, yes.
Some combination of plastic/paper bag.
BlueBlackRed
Explorer
I've never seen any french bread around here do that.
I'd stop shopping at that particular store for anything.
I'd stop shopping at that particular store for anything.
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