What's up with the Bread here?!!
 

OK I've tried very hard to avoid posting this here ... but I'm now nearing desperation. What on earth is wrong with the Bread here?!!

Every brand I've tried so far has either sugar or high fructose corn syrup or some sort of dried corn or malt or other form of sugar ... in addition the list of ingredients is a mile long and it tastes absolutely rubbish.

Please ...pretty please .... can someone recommend a half decent brand of bread?

We've moved to the LA area just three weeks ago and the morning toast is starting to make me very very homesick indeed .

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Re: What's up with the Bread here?!!
 

Yes, most of the bread has sugar and fat and doesn't taste good.

But Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's have good bread.

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Welcome to the USA.

Now you have discovered the bread may I recommend you try the bacon, sausage and cheese. After which the bread isn't so bad. :lol:

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Look for Farmhouse loaves in the fresh bread area, don't bother with any of the crap down the sugar aisle sorry I mean the bread aisle. Vons and Ralphs do a reasonable fresh loaf, makes pretty good toast, especially smeared with marmite.............. I await the discussion on marmite!

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Bake your own bread. Good quality flour is available in US supermarkets. (We use King Arthur.) We buy our yeast in the local coop, because all they sell in the supermarket is the over packaged one serving sachets. Honestly, homemade bread is dead easy, ten minutes to make up the dough, stick it in the fridge for eight hours, then shape it & bake it.

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You can get some really nice bread here... Just don't buy anything in the bread aisle.

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Walmart bake bread daily. The French loaves (or Italian) are a good option. Only $1 but do not last long. At that price it does not really matter. We buy 4 or 5 at a time when they are fresh that day then put them in the freezer.

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We wore out the bearings in our bread machine after two years. I think its a vital tool here.

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Or if that is too much faff, buy a breadmaker and let it do it all for you overnight so you wake up to fresh bread baking! All you need is flour, yeast, salt, a teaspoon of sugar to get the yeast going and some water. I used milk instead of water as I liked the softer crust it gave, also added some oil as a preference.

I never bought any bread after I got the breadmaker, it paid for itself many times over (and it was cheap to start with).

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Knowing in advance to avoid the bread aisle will be v helpful to us so I'm glad you posted. Never used a bread machine but mentally preparing that I might need one!

So is there none of the 50/50 type bread I buy for the toddler? I don't want him to eat crap so I suspect I know the answer already.

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I must be the only one here who likes it. I get the Arnold 100% whole wheat and it's tasty.

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Maybe the propane has affected your taste buds. ;)

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Get one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CBK.../dp/B001C2KY7Y

The included rosemary bread recipe without the rosemary gives a good plain loaf

I make 12 rolls every couple of days but let the bread maker do the kneading and first rise. Recipe available on request.

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Me too. Still not a patch on Hovis but about as good as it gets over here.

My wife has a bread maker which is great when fresh and warm but is stale within a day. Just replaced the bread maker after the old one quit.

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Got a cracking deal on some accessories!

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:lol:

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Here lies the answer -- don't buy a branded, pre-packaged bread from the bread aisle. Most supermarkets (round here, anyway) have a bakery section quite distinct from the bread aisle and its sawdust concoctions. In the bakery area you'll find all kinds of different breads -- and some are really good. I love a nice olive oil or roast garlic ciabatta.

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Yep. This. :)

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Agreed. And WalMart and HEB here do 'English Toasting Bread' which isn't half bad.

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Contrary to almost everyone else here, I have never had a problem finding bread with little or no sugar in it - look for a "low carb" bread, or some whole grains loafs, then look at the ingredients info, and if it says 2g of sugars, or less, then you should be good to go! :)

Bread that tastes sweet is going to be in the 5g-8g range.

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Sure, but it's still full of "dough conditioner" and other rubbish. Clue - it should not be possible to squeeze/squash a loaf of bread down to nothing with one hand. And if it bounces right back, which it usually does, even worse.

We go to a "European" grocery - it has foods from all over the world (including Jaffa Cakes in the "ethnic biscuits" aisle), but they also have a bakery that makes good, solid German sourdough bread and we stock up and freeze it so we don't have to drive over there every week. Bread freezes and thaws surprisingly well.

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I know what you mean. Sometimes I just want sliced bread that doesn't taste sickly. If I do buy it from the bread aisle, I go for the sliced Jewish rye bread which seems to have a lot less sugar.

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Tastes OK to me, but I am not a bread connoisseur. :unsure:

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After 12 years, I still haven't found a pre-sliced loaf that I like.

There's some pretty good stuff in most bakeries though.

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It just shouldn't have the same texture as your pillow.

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Thanks everyone ... I'm going to now start trying the fresh bakery section in supermarkets ... All the Bakeries in our area parading around as 'French Artesan' bakeries are also selling the same sugary rubbish ...

I've given up trying to find a half decent cheddar that doesn't look like it's been dyed yellow ... there are some exhorbitant cheese options in Gelsons and whole foods but I'd hate to have them in my regular toastie ...

I've tried some Italian sausages which are half decent but still haven't found anything to compare with home ...

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Have you got a Trader Joe near you? They have a good and not too pricey English imported cheddar.

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Yes I do have a Trader's Joe close by ... many thanks for the tip !

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This will work well for you I think.

Cabot do an Extra Sharp that is pretty decent for this kind of use.

I haven't found an answer to this one yet.

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Try ezekiel bread - you can find it at Trader Joe's. Cheese is also a winner at TJ.

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I just heard about Walmart's from a friend who said it was good, I haven't seen one in HEB (my usual shop), is it their own brand?

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Look for the "English Coastal Cheddar".

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We like that one too, it has lovely flavour and texture.

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"Sausage" sold in 1lb bricks (like butter in the UK), is much better than any sausages I have found in the US, but it may be a regional thing. :unsure:

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Have to admit that I never really enjoyed the sausages at home (I know, heretic!), but here I do enjoy a good Italian hot sausage, Cajun andouille, and various nationalities' versions of chorizo.

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Almost two years and i've not found a decent sliced, white loaf. Switched instead to eating brown bread. Nature's Own 100% Wholewheat is really nice and keeps for over a week too. i tend to buy a pair of loaves in BJ's and freeze one... and this is less than the price of one in somewhere like Wegmans or Giant.

Everyone on here saying about the fresh bread is right though... my god, i'm addicted to the Freshly baked Garlic Tuscan bread in Wegmans!

Ironically, the only place i've found sliced white bread/toast that is similar to the UK is in my local diner which i often go for breakfast on a sunday morning after running/gym. I asked them where they got it from and it's wholesale only :(

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These are the two types we buy from Trader Joe's. The Canadian one being a slight preference. Got to the point where this is the only sliced white bread we'll buy, and we have a freezer full of the stuff. It's still not brilliant, but far better than all the other sliced shit we've sampled over the years.


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Re: What's up with the Bread here?!!
 

Yes it is, made in the instore bakery.

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Thanks, I'll keep an eye out next time I am in there.

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Yes, Randall's has English Toast Bread as well. Baked in house. Randall's Town and Country has it and HEB Bunker Hill carries them, at least those I know as those I frequent.

And, we use a bread baker. And tremendously cut down on the use of bread as it makes us feel ill. I'm amazed how LONG the bread "stays" in the bread bin. Weeks!