Campaign for Real Bread

[Gromit]

Interesting report in todays Daily Mail about the quality (or lack of it) of the bread we eat.

http://www.dailymail....s-loaves-bad-you.html

// ‘Once, the law was designed to protect us from manufacturers adulterating our daily loaves.
‘Now, it enshrines their right to throw in a whole cocktail of chemicals — and at the same time denies the people of Britain the right to know whether or not a handful of so-called processing aids has been snuck in, too.
‘We want the Government to give bread the same sort of protection as butter, so anyone wanting to throw in additives would have to come up with another name for it.
‘We believe it should be illegal to call that stuff bread.’

http://www.dailymail....ou.html#ixzz1PL5RaCLp //

I wholeheartedly agree. When I go abroad I find the bread so fresh and tasty. The stuff we have is like cardboard. Time to raise standards?

[rojash]

"When I go abroad I find the bread so fresh and tasty. "
Where I live in Greece, most of us buy our bread daily from the baker.
It's fresh and tasty, but obviously doesn't keep for long.
However, a lot of ex-pats and tourists are happy to pay 4 Euros for a loaf of specially imported sliced white English bread.
Maybe some people just like the taste of chemicals.

[237SJ]

Make your own. It`s not difficult with a breadmaker.

[WELSHYORKIE]

Too right Gromit - a matter of loaf and death methinks (sorry but someone was going to say it)
To be serious - I prefer the fresh bread from the baker as there is taste there is gooness in it not like the trash that sells as sliced bread. I had the misfortune to run out of bread the other day and had to have a slice of whatever toasty bloody thing it was and there was no taste texture was like rubber and was basically crap!

[WELSHYORKIE]

gooness? goodness even

[mike11111]

Same in France. Lovely bread but only keeps for a few hours. That's why a lot of people buy bread twice a day. No sweat when you're never more than 5 minutes away from a boulangerie.

[LoftyLottie]

I don't buy shop bread any more, unless it really is necessary.

Bread makers may well be cheating but I wouldn't be without mine. I know exactly what goes into my bread and it tastes so good compared to anything you buy in the shops. The only effort it takes is for about 5 minutes on most evenings.

[jno]

more and more people live alone, or with a partner or small families, unlike the big families of ye olden times. This means a loaf of bread won't be eaten up in a day any more. So longer-life bread is called for. Either that or throw away uneaten bread (wasteful). It's possibly less of a problem if you have a baker next door, but few people do.

[LoftyLottie]

I would rather not eat any bread at all, than eat shop sliced bread. I can't see any point in eating something that just doesn't taste nice!

[emmie]

welshyorkie, shame on you for plagarism, already been done, wallace and gromit.... ha, as to our bread, i have come to the conclusion that most bread you get from supermarkets is rubbish, i don't buy white sliced, like Kingsmill, i tasted it once, and then gave it to the birds. I am also wondering if too much brown bread, like wholemeal, is good for you either. I never seem to digest it well at all. I considered getting a break maker, but he didn't want to leave his old job........

[LoftyLottie]

I use a mix of wholemeal and white and various other types of flour from time to time.

The only trouble is that hot bread in the morning is far too tempting. I always bags the end crusty bit!!

[ashfordshe]

Every time I ate "supermarket" bread I suffered really bad indigestion. I have now been using a bread maker for about eighteen months, and very rarely suffer from indigestion. I know exactly what goes into my bread, and on the very rare occasion I buy bread it seems to have no flavour or texture whatsoever - plus it works out a lot cheaper!

[jno]

you can have my crusts, Lottie, I'm not risking my remaining teeth on them.

[WELSHYORKIE]

em10 - plagiarism done on purpose - note name of poster!!!

[Gromit]

Good to see most of you agree that supermarket bread is horrible. But someone must buy it. Over the years, I have tended to each less and less bread, but on holiday I eat loads. I return, buy some bread here and am always hugely disappointed. I will consider a bread machine when I can get enough dough.

[LoftyLottie]

Worth every penny Gromit. I would recommend Panasonic above others and would also recommend Amazon as the cheapest place to get one. I couldn't be without one.

Stayed in a holiday cottage a month ago, and there, much to my surprise was a brand new breakmaker!! My holiday was complete.

[emmie]

WY, ok i know, i love puns, or should that be buns, and maybe i will consider ditching the supermarket dross, and buying a breadmaker. Mind you we used to have the most wonderful bakers, but they have gone now, you walked into the small shop and that smell, brings back some memories, of getting home and having a fight as to who would get the crusty end, slapped with butter and jam......

[LoftyLottie]

See, if you get a breadmaker em, you can have the crusty end every day whilst it is still hot!! - heaven!

[shaneystar2]

We're lucky enough to still have two of those shops called "Independent Bakers " in our High St .In spite of having a big supermarket nearby they both do a roaring trade and there's always a queue .