Question of the Day - Monday, November 4, 2019

[MoochNNoodles]

Only 2 months left of 2019!!

Lets talk about ....bread! In spite of all people eating gluten free today; bread still seems to be something lots of people get excited about. I follow a bakery from my hometown and it seems like a few times a month they post that they are closing early because they are completely sold out of everything. They sell other things; but bread is their main focus.



What is your favorite bread?




Sourdough is definitely my favorite. Especially with soup. But I love a good, crusty Italian bread. Some things are just better on Rye bread too. And then there are the flat breads my favorite Greek restaurant sells. I prefer that with their Tzatziki sauce though. I love a good cornbread too. But I like it on the sweet side. DH and I went to a "farmhouse" restaurant once on vacation.The cornbread had been cooked in cast iron so the edges were a bit crispy. It was out of this world good!

 

[Katie M]

I love Italian bread, especially with lots of butter

 

[She's a witch]

ohh I miss good bread so much! Since I moved to US a year ago I had a good bread maybe twice.. I'm sorry Americans, you're good at many things, but very bad at bread making. I miss French baguettes so much, even these from the baguettes vending machines in french villages are better than the best fancy ones I found here. But mostly I miss the true rye sourdough bread, those that are supposedly sourdough here taste so fake to me, even mega expensive ones from Wholefoods. This is how whole rye sourdough bread should look like (with grains):

One solution would be to bake the bread myself, but I've never done it so I would need to learn from scratch, but if I won't find any bread that I love around here, I'll feel motivated enough to try.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I'm sorry Americans, you're good at many things, but very bad at bread making.

I won't disagree. The best bakeries in my hometown were started by people who came to the area with their recipes from their old countries. A lot of them have closed now because the younger generations haven't wanted to keep the work up. There have been times I bought something that claimed to be sourdough and it sure wasn't.

 

[maggiedemi]

My favorite is homemade bread made in the bread machine because it's bigger and works better for sandwiches. At the store, I try to find the biggest bread I can, but it seems so small lately. I like Arnold brand and I like Aldi's store brand.

 

[Boris Diamond]

Sourdough is great! So is rye, though it's hard to find a good one!

 

[kashmir64]

I can only eat very little bread otherwise I get severe chest pains. However when I do eat bread I make sure it's a whole grain or multi grain. I never had any problems with Oroweat Health Nut, but I can't find that anywhere anymore.

 

[marmoset]

I like peasant bread. The whole grain seedy sort of bread that goes against the refined upper crust. I just like the texture more. I loathe beyond measure any sourdough bread or white bread. My husband loves to use sourdough and he buys semi-sour stuff that I still think it ick. But I'm good with dense German style heavy bread.

I don't eat a lot of bread actually but when I do I am selective.

 

[muffy]

Sourdough.
I agree. It is hard to find good bread in the US.

 

[Lari]

Mmm, bread. I love a good multigrain. Or pretzel bread. Or the brown bread from Cheesecake factory. And... I love bread, basically.

 

[Willow's Mom]

I love bread.

My favourite would involve at least three cups of wheat berries that were freshly ground the day I baked it. The houseplants have invaded the table where my grinder is, so I'm usually in too big of a hurry to move them and put them back, but I really like the coarser texture that the grinder gives it as well as the extra freshness.

I don't use any additional white flour or gluten flour because I don't particularly care for the texture, but others do so I will make "fluffy bread" for them as an act of love.

I don't have any sourdough starter going right now and it's been way too long since I've geeked out and added some dried tomatoes and rosemary or raisins and cinnamon.

It's less trouble to make it than it is to crate the dogs, secure the kitten, put in contact lenses, make sure I don't have bedhead, spinach between my teeth, or stains on my clothes. and stand in line at the store. I don't even know what the good brands are any more.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

If I'm going with packaged bread, I like Brownberry's 12 Grain bread. If I'm going bakery bread, I like anything with rosemary in it.

 

[LTS3]

Cinnamon, brioche, sourdough

 

[neely]

There's a vendor at our local farmer's market that bakes bread - my favorite is their Raisin Roasted Walnut.

 

[sivyaleah]

I love bread! Do not understand why anyone would purposely not eat it unless you truly had a gluten allergy. Everything, in moderation!
I'm a big fan of sourdough also. And rye bread with caraway seeds (MUST HAVE THE SEEDS).
I love flat breads - naan particularly, with hot butter on it.
But I am picky about quality. I don't eat packaged bread much at all anymore. It just tastes like cardboard.

 

[NY cat man]

Michele has been making Kindred's milk bread- where she got the recipe, I don't know- and it is quite good. For store-bought bread, give me French.

 

[lizzie]

I love a good jewish rye or pumpernickel...finding that in SW MO...welllllll.....not real crazy about sourdough.I make my own here at home,every week,and my favorite is oatmeal.

 

[jcat]

The best thing about living in Germany is the huge variety of bread and rolls. My favorite is rye fresh from the bakery.

 

[Mia6]

I love French, Italian, Rye, Sourdough, etc.

 

[maggiedemi]

How much does a loaf of bread from the bakery cost? Are they big slices or small?