Bread

[mickthecactus]

I really love bread but couldn't find a thread on it. If there is one please move.

Anyhow in Tesco we have discovered cranberry, raisin and cashew bread. It is so delicious it's difficult not to eat it all at once.

[bixaorellana]

Sept 1, 2020 12:40:47 GMT @mickthecactus said:

I really love bread but couldn't find a thread on it.

Really?!

If you use the Search feature and type in bread on the line that says "where the thread title contains" and then click on "display results as threads", this is what you will get:

anyportinastorm.proboards.com/search/results?captcha_id=captcha_search&where_thread_title=bread&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=1&search=Search

[mickthecactus]

Yes, but they are recipes.

[kerouac2]

Yes, I saw that they were all on the recipe board too, which does not invite discussion of the subject...

It's rather amazing how many things are called bread rather than being given different names. From a French baguette to pumpernickel to American white bread, it just doesn't seem that they should all be in the same family.

[onlyMark]

Mick, have a look at this.
No idea why crumpet are in the list but I'd like to have a go at the Japanese curry bread amongst others (like Georgia). The Ethiopian injeera I had to have quite often and it just smells of sick to me.

[mickthecactus]

That was excellent Mark, thanks!

I’d like to try all of them but pretty unlikely,..

[kerouac2]

No, injera is like eating a damp dish towel, but it is the best thing to use when mopping up doro wat or similar dishes. When I took my mother to Addis Ababa, we very much enjoyed this discovery. While I'm sure that she never ate it again during her lifetime, I have had it several times since then, but only in Paris, which is a shame.

[kerouac2]

Not a single mention of American sandwich bread or hamburger/hot dog buns in that video, which is a bit strange when you consider the fact that they are the bread items most consumed in the country while sourdough is rather marginal.

[lagatta]

The less said about those sort-of-breads, the better.

[kerouac2]

Cancel culture?

[onlyMark]

We have a theory in our house that for every type of bread, there is an ideal topping.
Opinions vary between us but the principle holds true.
I've just seen a latest trend of putting cauliflower cheese on toast and it prompted me to think about it.

If we are quite flexible as to what can be termed 'bread', but if the base consists of flour and water (with other ingredients if necessary like yeast, oil, a rising agent or not, fruit, vegetable etc) and flour is roughly defined as 'a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, seeds, or bones' - what would you pair your 'bread' with ideally?

E.g. white sliced bread toast with salted butter and orange marmalade, naan bread with garlic butter, paratha with curried mash potato (usually rolled inside), tacos with guacamole and salsa, pita bread with greek salad and tzatziki, Arabic flat bread with hummus, heavy German full corn bread with aged cheddar (or quark and jam or unsalted butter and honey, as Mrs M does it)........

It can be anything that can be thought of as 'bread' from any country and made from any flour, as I say we can be quite flexible on this, but then if you think of one, what is the ideal topping or thing that goes with it that you feel does it best justice. An ideal combination.
(Yes, there is a thread on sandwiches, but it tends to talk about the filling rather than the bread)

I would mention the combination of soft white bread roll and filling to make a chip cob, but I think we've done that to death.

[cheerypeabrain]

Made a loaf today, wholemeal. 171 calories for 68g. The most interesting thing about it (aside from it being wonderfully tasty) being that after leaving it to prove for 45 minutes you knock it back, knead and leave to prove for another 45 minutes before shaping and leaving to prove for ANOTHER 45 minutes. It's not as dense as home made wholemeal bread can be. Also...it has treacle in it! Gosh.