Any Brits Hnkering For Some "Real" Bread ??

[Jaylen Brit 0]

ooh ta Mark

I don't 'hate' American bread but it tastes more like cake to me than actual bread - way too sweet - I can eat it tho - I just choose not to much these days. My daughter tho hates it with a PASSION - and so far I haven't found a good 'like English bread' substitute..I like sour dough but she don't Other than that, I have no clue what bread to try as my step-kids are used to 'normal american bread'.

so I will try your recipe! Gonna copy paste it to myself in email! LOL

[luv2teach77 41]

I'm glad that a few of the brit members will be giving it a try. After eating it for a couple of days the only thing I think I would change would be to use a teeny bit less salt than the recipe suggests. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't taste like it was made with play-dough or anything like that but I think that a slight reduction in the salt content would make it EVEN better.

I hope you all enjoy it as much as have / am.

Mark

[Fandango 1,440]

I find the US bread is wimpy & all air...not substantial like a piece of UK bread.

Will try this when D gets here...thx Mark!

[samantha_lou 0]

WOW...

I've just finished scoffing two slices of a home made loaf I just made and I can categorically state that this tastes EXACTLY like bread I used to buy from Sainsburys !! I make no bones about it... I HATE american bread... I can't stand it so I finally stopped moaning and decided to try and make my own. A couple of weeks ago I tried a recipe that my Mum uses and while it was Ok, it still didn't taste like I wanted to. Enter Delia Smith !!... I just made this recipe for plain white bread and it is FANTASTIC !!

Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves

Ingredients

24oz white bread flour, plus a little extra for the top of the bread (Available in any grocery store)

1 level tablespoon salt, or less, according to taste

1 level teaspoon easy-blend dried yeast (This worked out to be about half a packet)

1 level teaspoon golden caster sugar (I used white sugar as I didn't have any golden caster sugar. I've been very critical of the sugar in bread thing since arriving but I am now convinced its the mixture of the sugar and salt that makes it taste like I wanted it to !! )

about 15 fl oz (425 ml) hand-hot water

All the ingredients are available in US stores and I'd gone from raw ingredients to bread in my belly in under 3 hours (Thanks to the humidity outside on our deck !!).

I cannot reccommend this recipe highly enough for any expat out there who craves some good crusty bread.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I have / am / will be again shortly !!

Mark

Thanks for the recipe Mark, I might have to give that a try - american bread just stinks! It tastes disgusting, especially that sourdough stuff - what is that all about? Americans wouldn't know the taste of decent bread if it came and bit them on the behind!! I do miss my hovis and kingsmill!

[MichelleandCraig 1]

ooo oooo thanks, Mark! I'm sure Craig will appreciate this thread...will let you know how it comes out! M.

[jenart 0]

Thanks Mark for that recipe - I've copied it to my docs on the hard drive - I'm definitely going to try it as I can't stand the sickly sweet US usual brands - I believe they are made with corn syrup.

I did find something quite similar to the English version - its 'hot bread' from Walmart and is in a warm cabinet - its more like a french loaf and costs 88c. I buy 3 or 4 loaves at a time then when they are cool enough I freeze them in the paper bags inside a Walmart carrier. Then thaw and eat - if you leave it in the carrier when defrosted tho the crust goes soft.

[munchkins 0]

welll now that we are pretty close to moving over all being well, I have also save it and will definitely bake some, I know my daughter has missed her bread and butter since she left the Uk many year ago, thanks Mark

[Amie&David 0]

WOW, I was only complaining to Amie the other day how sweet the US bread is and that it doesn't compare to UK bread! She disagreed

This thread has had me in stitches as I completely see where eveyone is coming from

UK and US VJers at war over what else but a loaf of bread