[Misc] Britain's bitter bread battle

[el punal]

There will always be mugs ready to spend 5 times as much on any product if the wording on the packet makes it sound exotic and healthy.

Gimp mask?

 

[GJN1]

Lidl do a nice seeded sourdough for £1.79. I got one yesterday for free via their app.

 

[raymondo]

Ot but whilst on the subject of breakfast in bread, this looks incredible and i fear whilst i will try and replicate this at the weekend mine won’t look like this

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All of your five a day...just look at those colours

 

[Chicken Run]

All of your five a day...just look at those colours

utter filth and you just know that if you’re on the backend of a hangover then the possibility of needing at least a go on a second is inevitable

 

[Hovegull]

Not cheap and not sourdough.
Jackson’s is nice, isn’t it.

 

[BNthree]

I like my bread homemade. Save a fortune and just 4 ingredients.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Rosemary & Sea Salt Sourdough - 800g

One of our most popular breads. Good with everything savoury & lovely toasted with marmalade Allergens:Gluten

flintowlbakery.com

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Both. Cheap mass produced white sliced for a hungover bacon sarnie

Nice fresh bread from the chap in Horsham market on a Saturday.

That is the Hungry Guest bakery from Petworth. I prefer the bread from Gwyns on Bishopric - cheaper and better than the Gails which has now opened in Carfax.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Another vote for both. Hard to resist picking up a seeded sourdough from Flour Pot if we’re out of bread or running low and I’m walking the dog past. But bacon sarnies have to be white death bread and brown sauce. Should be the law.

 

[MJsGhost]

Not all bread that purports to be sourdough is the proper healthy sourdough you might think you're paying extra for...

Supermarket sourdough: what you need to know - Which? News

What's the difference between a bakery and supermarket loaf, and is it worth paying more?

www.which.co.uk

 

[Blue3]

The supermarkets in store bakeries vary between very good and downright awful my personal fav Based on cost and taste is Lidl and worst by miles is Asda

 

[beorhthelm]

it's f***ing bread. it's high level beard stroking, first world pretentiousness to be arguing cheap food is bad, expensive food is better for you.

 

[SAC]

If we want bakers to paid a living wage and if we want the bakery to use quality ingredients then you have to pay for it. If you can't afford it, don't buy it.

 

[Bakero]

I don't buy sliced bread but I wouldn't turn it down if you offered me a bacon sandwich.

A decent baguette-style loaf each day for between 70c and 1.20c does for me (occasionally a supermarket one for a little less). On occasion I'll splash out 4€ on a nice loaf at the weekend.

Good bread is a bit more affordable over here, thankfully.

 

[Bakero]

it's f***ing bread. it's high level beard stroking, first world pretentiousness to be arguing cheap food is bad, expensive food is better for you.

A lot of studies show UPFs are bad for you. It doesn't take a genius to see the correlation between their rise and the increase in obesity.

 

[Bakero]

If we want bakers to paid a living wage and if we want the bakery to use quality ingredients then you have to pay for it. If you can't afford it, don't buy it.

One baker down the road from me only opens Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. He must be making a fair amount of dough.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If we want bakers to paid a living wage and if we want the bakery to use quality ingredients then you have to pay for it. If you can't afford it, don't buy it.

There is an element of truth here.

 

[dstanman]

Are modern bread markers energy efficient now. Know when we had one years ago it took over 3hrs to make and bake a loaf. So do they save you money if you need to make a loaf every other day

 

[keaton]

It's bread......

That's the point though, a lot of the cheap isn't really just bread

 

[beorhthelm]

A lot of studies show UPFs are bad for you. It doesn't take a genius to see the correlation between their rise and the increase in obesity.

the "issue" of cheap white bread has been around over a hundred years since roll milling made white flour cheap, well before obesity was a problem. UPF is a new schtick to tell us how we're living wrong and not meeting the pretentious-middle class standards.