What sliced bread makes decent toast?

Sliced Tiger loaf, you can buy this already sliced thick cut, makes good toast or sandwiches.

From Tesco and I think, Sainsbury.

Like you I usually always buy healthy wholemeal bread. However, when on a babysitting sleepover I had some half and half bread toasted and it was delicious! Try that?

I love Aldi Farmhouse multi seeded in a pink wrapper it is delicious.

I find sourdough toasted so hard it hurts my gums .
I don’t think you can beat Warburtons thick sliced for toasting .
When my GC stayed when they were young they always asked for Grans toast and still like it today.

Jacksons white sliced or, even better, seeded white koaf.

if you want the bread of your childhood, find a traditional baker who still makes bread the traditional way, with longer proving times and baking in an oven.

Supermarket bread is made with all kinds of extra additives which make the dough rise much more quickly. It is then cooked in a steam oven and, sometimes, if you are lucky 'finished' by a brief baking in a dry oven.

It is highly unlikely that any loaf bought in a supermarket is the bread you remember from childhood.

Thank you for all your suggestions which I’ll work my way through! Monica, I’m sure that you’re right about the bread of our childhood. Also, we didn’t have a toaster in those days and it was often my job to watch it under the grill which I usually ended up burning. The sound of a knife scraping burnt toast reminds me of those times.

Try Tiger bread.

Oreo

From Tesco and I think, Sainsbury.

Morrisons too.

If you want the best bread make your own. The next best choice is from a baker. Supermarket bread is tasteless.

Oreo

Sliced Tiger loaf, you can buy this already sliced thick cut, makes good toast or sandwiches.

Oh yes but only if slathered in butter 😁😁

Perhaps bake white bread. Easy, cheap, never disappoints.

Maybe try this easy bread.

5 g sugar
10 g yeast
240 ml hot water --- mix, allow to sit 10 minutes

500g flour
5g salt --- mix, allow to sit 1 hour (to double)

Form, let it double, bake at 200, 15-30 minutes by size of loaves.

Warburtons bread contains palm oil. Can’t think that was around for my childhood. I agree with the pps who suggested to find a proper bakery.

Thanks everyone who replied. I’ve never made bread Norah. Aren’t you supposed to knead it? Maybe I’ll give it a go. While we’re on the subject of bread, we used to enjoy Waitrose pave loaf, but now it’s more expensive, smaller and not nearly so nice so don’t bother anymore. As many food items are.

I like the Tesco thick sliced toastie, or the warburton toastie's good too

Hovis sliced seeded or whole meal sourdough

Warburtons white toastie 🌞👏👏👏

Aldi farmhouse seeded bread thick sliced. It smells delicious when toasting and tastes even better .

Bazza

Thanks everyone who replied. I’ve never made bread Norah. Aren’t you supposed to knead it? Maybe I’ll give it a go. While we’re on the subject of bread, we used to enjoy Waitrose pave loaf, but now it’s more expensive, smaller and not nearly so nice so don’t bother anymore. As many food items are.

Most bread is kneaded, this you just stir in flour, stir more. It's semi soft dough. Butter hands, form as you wish for 2 or 3 oval loaves. Leave until doubled (again) and bake, I begin the bake at 200 and may reduce to 180 after 10 minutes.

Thick sliced tiger bread from Asda or Warburton’s thick sliced toasty loaf.
Also Hovis thick sliced brown loaf.

Sainsbury bakery is dreadful now, nothing baked in store anymore it's all brought in frozen and reheated.

We used to use Hovis but lately it has seemed different and not as nice. We now buy Tesco oat and barley bread. It makes lovely sandwiches and is great toasted as well. I’m going to try Norah’s easy loaf recipe.