I NEVER eat (pre-packed) supermarket bread. For more than 2 decades I’ve been buying loaves from a long established local bakery. I have them sliced, pack two slices each in plastic sandwich bags, and then freeze straight away. One journey’s worth lasts a month and it still tastes as good as new when defrosted. I will confess to also buying Lidl’s “in-store baked” rolls and pastries, but they do actually have a taste, and I freeze those as well, or they will go stale quickly. This is my “rule of thumb” regarding the inclusion of loads of preservatives, because genuinely fresh bread doesn’t last for weeks….
I used to make my own bread. So yummy that it really was hard not to eat the whole loaf in one sitting! No need for jam. Just bread and butter was heavenly.
It’s been a while now since I made any – we don’t eat much bread these days – but you’ve got me thinking about getting back into the routine of it. We actually have some wheat grains (and a grain mill) so I could actually make it completely without any added baddies.
We got the wheat when we went to a country show one summer. They had a steam-powered engine that stripped the grain from the stalk and spit the grains out one place and the straw out the other. I asked the man working it what they were intending to do with the pile of grain that was on the ground. They weren’t going to do anything, just throw it out. He said we could help ourselves, so we did. We filled a bag and my Beloved almost buckled under the weight of it…
As an experiment we planted a few grains in the garden the other year, but the pigeons got it all (sob!)
“I used to make my own bread. So yummy that it really was hard not to eat the whole loaf in one sitting!”
So did I. While satisfying, the time spent making it only to scoff the lot in 5 minutes (which usually give me indigestion), eventually meant I gave up….
We found it difficult to find bread with no added crap (turns out that you have to add crap by law – it’s actually *illegal* to sell unadulterated flour.) Fortunately small business flour-makers forced an exemption so you can find artisanal clean flour. Sourdough bread has less rubbish in but is expensive, so we got a breadmaker at Christmas and now use that every few days. Isilme is right though – as a family it’s hard not to eat at least half fresh out of the maker.
Thank goodness for local bakers where we are spoiled for choice. 🇫🇷
Where do you get your groceries?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2qJzaTBdxM
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JH: Over at 1294:2, IYE.
I NEVER eat (pre-packed) supermarket bread. For more than 2 decades I’ve been buying loaves from a long established local bakery. I have them sliced, pack two slices each in plastic sandwich bags, and then freeze straight away. One journey’s worth lasts a month and it still tastes as good as new when defrosted. I will confess to also buying Lidl’s “in-store baked” rolls and pastries, but they do actually have a taste, and I freeze those as well, or they will go stale quickly. This is my “rule of thumb” regarding the inclusion of loads of preservatives, because genuinely fresh bread doesn’t last for weeks….
I used to make my own bread. So yummy that it really was hard not to eat the whole loaf in one sitting! No need for jam. Just bread and butter was heavenly.
It’s been a while now since I made any – we don’t eat much bread these days – but you’ve got me thinking about getting back into the routine of it. We actually have some wheat grains (and a grain mill) so I could actually make it completely without any added baddies.
We got the wheat when we went to a country show one summer. They had a steam-powered engine that stripped the grain from the stalk and spit the grains out one place and the straw out the other. I asked the man working it what they were intending to do with the pile of grain that was on the ground. They weren’t going to do anything, just throw it out. He said we could help ourselves, so we did. We filled a bag and my Beloved almost buckled under the weight of it…
As an experiment we planted a few grains in the garden the other year, but the pigeons got it all (sob!)
“I used to make my own bread. So yummy that it really was hard not to eat the whole loaf in one sitting!”
So did I. While satisfying, the time spent making it only to scoff the lot in 5 minutes (which usually give me indigestion), eventually meant I gave up….
Ta, all, shall reply more intelligently in the morning.
We found it difficult to find bread with no added crap (turns out that you have to add crap by law – it’s actually *illegal* to sell unadulterated flour.) Fortunately small business flour-makers forced an exemption so you can find artisanal clean flour. Sourdough bread has less rubbish in but is expensive, so we got a breadmaker at Christmas and now use that every few days. Isilme is right though – as a family it’s hard not to eat at least half fresh out of the maker.