I need decent bread!!
 

Where can I find a decent loaf in america? I'm a brit living in the states. Jeeze, I buy a different loaf everyday just hoping it's not sweet. I'm craving a decent butty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will most likley need to bake your own. My mother used to do it, and no supermarket bread could even compare.

Natures Own makes sugar free bread and low carb bread, which is pretty good.
If you have a Publix in your area- their bakery dept makes a 'White mountain Bread' loaf, which you can ask them to slice- that's really good.

Panera Bread or Atlanta Bread Company. Freshly baked, crusty, all kinds and not sweet! Just like a nice ploughmans would be in a country pub!

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I note you live in NJ. Are there any ethic European neighbourhoods within a reasonable driving distance of where you live? German Americans? French Americans?

I'm guessing such neighbourhoods have bakeries or at least shops selling European style bread, i.e. less sugar, more fibre, more texture.

In my area (I'm sure it's less cosmopolitan than where you live), there's a few European-style bakeries. I'm most fortunate that there's a German bakery (named Gulghupf) only mins from where I work. Of course, the bread is more costly and contains fewer preservatives and hence has a shorter shelf life but I can't eat American bread.

I certainly can't buy the bread for eating at home. My US spouse feels the same way (I swear I saw him hugging a loaf of M&S bread at Christmas when were visiting. He denies he was hugging the bread of course but I know what I saw).




NC Penguin

I buy my bread from a local deli .. its expensive @ $5.00 a loaf but at least it tastes nice. So much for Hovis :(

Jan :)

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The only one I found when I lived in Philly was Maiers italian. It is the only one that tastes remotely like Brit bread. You should be able to get it in Jersey.

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We ended up buying a bread machine.
It works a treat

That's what we buy, it's a bit soft, but it is similar to British mass-produced loaves and isn't sweet.

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Us too, a marvellous gadget.
:D

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I've just bought one this weekend. Decent bread here we come!!!

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I've heard so many good vibes on this board about bread making machines that I am going to look into getting one. I get an occassional acid stomach (only in the US, I am OK when I return and eat British food) and I am finding ways to reduce additives found in processed foods that might be contributing to acid stomach. Making my own bread would be another way for me to cut down on additives! :) Thanks everyone.

Hmmm, a bread machine. Now there's an idea :)

Nothing better than the smell of freshly baked bread :D

Talking of preservatives, has anyone noticed how long a loaf lasts here before going stale and then mouldy. It seems to last for weeks. :scared:

thing2

Took my nippers to feed the ducks this afternoon (rather pleasant 73F !) and had to feed them "fresh" bread from a bag marked sell by 11th Jan!!! Scary indeed!

Bread machine? Whats wrong with doing it by hand!? A most rewarding experience

I would agree there but the machine is pretty cool, even just to watch.

We don't just make bread in it either. We make piza dough as well as a wide variety of regular breads.
At the moment the misses is really into making corriander Nans to go with the Indian food we love so much.

Yes its just another gadget, but what the hell !! We live in America !!

Made my first loaf last night with the machine. It turned out OK for a first attempt. Just needs a slight adjustment. I made my (6 yr old) son's sandwiches with it this morning , and he was very impressed. I was feeling very proud of myself until I asked him as he was leaving, why his bag was so heavy, and he innocently replied " I have heavy bread sandwiches." http://www.discodelic.netfirms.com/happy-blush2.gif

You put all the ingredients in the machine, set it to come on in the middle of the night, then you wake up to a warm, fresh-baked, loaf. :)

We got a bread machine as a wedding gift. I've baked a few mean loafs in it. :D We usually buy a french loaf from either Albertsons or Fry's. Baked fresh daily and only 99cents.

Whats up with potato bread? Just about all the hamburger and hot dog buns we get are called potato bread.

A friend of mine says that she just uses the bread machine to raise the dough. I can see her point, as all the bread machines I have seen seem to have loaves that are tall and small- ie height-length. Also dont they leave a huge hole in the middle?