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[Misc] Britain's bitter bread battle
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keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
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But it didn't have upfs in it
Indeed. And if you really want to pay more than twice as much for the same product you can go ten yards down the road to the Flourpot.
Yep, what is it about hangovers that craves that type of food?
Its a struggle to find good gluten free bread. There is some tolerable stuff in Sainsbury. And it is eye-wateringly expensive. So I've gone back to the walk on the wild side....on the whole it hasn't cost me . . . . emergency repairs.
Perhaps we should ask this thread to be merged with the poo thread?
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portslade seagull
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Artisanal and expensive but not sour dough. We only buy uncut brown seeded which sometimes costs £3 and above
AmexRuislip
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Gluten free bread is our choice for obvious reasons......
Always expensive at the best of times, buy sourdough and white sliced.
Always expensive at the best of times, buy sourdough and white sliced.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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The conversation immediately falls down because people view bread (and food generally) as a single homogenous product. They also believe it should be cheap to the point it’s chucked away more than any other food.
The typical “that’s a rip off, I don’t pay more than 50p for my loaf” arguers understand price. But perhaps not the concept of value.
Me? It depends what else I’m eating with it. In fact if I was to have a 1970s fish finger sandwich I’d want the bread to be mother’s pride white which had sweated for at least 10days in its plastic bag! And don’t get me started on fancy tempura batter fish fingers…NO! Just NO!!
The typical “that’s a rip off, I don’t pay more than 50p for my loaf” arguers understand price. But perhaps not the concept of value.
Me? It depends what else I’m eating with it. In fact if I was to have a 1970s fish finger sandwich I’d want the bread to be mother’s pride white which had sweated for at least 10days in its plastic bag! And don’t get me started on fancy tempura batter fish fingers…NO! Just NO!!
Sourdough just is not nice toasted. And why do places only sell sourdough exclusively?
Nothing wrong with sourdough toasted on my Aga. It also keeps fresher much longer in my house too.
Rdodge30
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- Dec 30, 2022
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I was about to explain Chorleywood myself - process as you know does not break down gluten - however most slow dough bread is often ok for gluten intolerance it doesn’t have to be sourdough, yeast is fine just not improvers. When I started for my old man before school - the first dough at 5am was bread that came out the oven at 8.00.. when he started just after the war they would make over night doughs in the troughs- handful of yeast in a sack of bread
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I like it toasted.
Worried Man Blues
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Wife makes our bread with seeds and stuff in it, very healthy but from time to time I get a Tesco Tiger Baguette and don't care if it's unhealthy coz I like it. Also as per the other thread, Hot X Buns and crumpets from Tesco's.
Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Itys a struggle to find good gluten free bread. There is some tolerable stuff in Sainsbury. And it is eye-wateringly expensive. So I've gone back to the walk on the wild side....on the whole it hasn't cost me . . . . emergency repairs.
Perhaps we should ask this thread to be merged with the poo thread?
I tend to eat very little bread now because of those two reasons.
I bought a 'yellow label' M&S loaf a few months back to keep the cost down. I don't eat much bread. 2 weeks later it still looked the same. It must have been so full of preservatives to look like that at 2 weeks out of date.
It is worth taking a look at some of the patents filed associated with Chorleywood process. Emulsifiers predominate to make it 'stand up' quickly and they just aren't good for you. Plus the pesticide residues as never organic flour. I know you 'it's just bread' folk will laugh but I think the emulsifiers and pesticides are a cocktail that is possibly responsible for many ills and have cost lives and been a massive NHS impact......but away from the serious stuff.....
There's a brilliant film here which has some Brighton and Hastings bits in it. Bread delivered door to door.........those from the live Hastings posting on poverty will recognise......
https://ninebattles.com/2024/02/21/hastings-1962-sunblest-bread/
There's a brilliant film here which has some Brighton and Hastings bits in it. Bread delivered door to door.........those from the live Hastings posting on poverty will recognise......
https://ninebattles.com/2024/02/21/hastings-1962-sunblest-bread/
Tiger bread with soup.
Tea and toast. White sliced. Nothing fancy.
Not doing bread at the moment as I’m taking care of my gut health but those two things are a huge weakness for me.
Tea and toast. White sliced. Nothing fancy.
Not doing bread at the moment as I’m taking care of my gut health but those two things are a huge weakness for me.
The thing is 100 years ago people's diets weren't chiefly made up of heavily processed foods. Even 40 years ago they weren't. But nowadays, in the UK it is estimated that the average is about 60% UPF, rising to 80% for kids.
Surely, you can see this is an issue. Eating well isn't pretentious nor does it need to be expensive.
