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Which is your favourite bread?Best tasting bread?

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gmelon Thu 15-Feb-18 12:43:06

Following on from the comfort food thread. Bread was a favourite for many when ill .
What's your favourite bread?
Where's the best crusty bread to be found?
I discovered lidl crusty cobs over Christmas. On a mad dash to Sainsburys extra i stopped at Lidl instead and discovered this crusty treat. My family thought it delicious too.
I'm a suckered for local bakers sourdough as well.

Poly580 Fri 16-Feb-18 19:22:31

Ooh fresh bread ?
I love making bread..... trouble is then I love eating it too.
If I buy it I love Cranks organic from Sainsbury’s. I slice it and freeze it so there is no waste. Yummy toasted with poached egg. I have given upon the butter spread and gone back to the old block. Some lovely organic ones of those around too.

Lewie Fri 16-Feb-18 19:11:47

I'm addicted to warm crusty bread (with Country Life Spreadable, of course!) and I will only buy Tiger or Crusty Bloomer from Tesco, Lidl or the Co-Op.
I find Sainsbury's bread really dry and avoid it if possible!

Overthehills Fri 16-Feb-18 18:24:07

Sorry MrsAllboys - no it was the Mother’s Pride - I wouldn’t shoot the messenger! smile

Legs55 Fri 16-Feb-18 17:50:36

I'm not sure what the attraction of Tiger Bread is, don't find it anything special confused

Fresh bread from my local Baker's

Co-op speciality breads, vintage cheese & onion, rye, ? & beetroot (can't remember other ingredientgrin), sage & onion (at Christmas), jalepino. They are more expensive but I can use a loaf without it going mouldy. Vintage cheese & onion always smells lush & toast beautifully with lashings of Lurpak.

hulahoop Fri 16-Feb-18 17:13:25

Lidl crusty loaf with butter and strawberry jam is delicious. We like the morning rolls too .

MrsAllboys Fri 16-Feb-18 16:56:01

overthehills Hope you mean you're disappointed about the Mother's Pride plain and not that I have offended you in some way!confused

Fennel Fri 16-Feb-18 16:52:04

My own wholemeal bread. Flour from Dove's Farm, 70% brown 30% white. Plus a tablespoon of black treacle to 1kg flour. I use a machine with a dough hook for kneading.
I would like to try sourdough, but haven't the patience.

GabriellaG Fri 16-Feb-18 16:48:35

Juggernaut
Lucky you ☹
I wish I lived nearer to Bristol ? as your description made my salivary glands go into overdrive but I'm glad you enjoyed your visit as much as I did. ? ??????☕

annifrance Fri 16-Feb-18 16:47:26

Groombridge (Kent) Bakery's granary loaf. French Aldi's cereal bread and local French bakery's Roquefort Fougasse.

pinkwallpaper Fri 16-Feb-18 16:40:10

Lidl grain low gi and Sainsbury's multigrain taste the difference is wonderful.

GrannyLondon Fri 16-Feb-18 16:07:10

In East London, Percy Ingle makes the best bread.

Blue45Sapphire Fri 16-Feb-18 14:56:06

Ooh, we love Sainsbury's part-baked baguettes and little French rolls, wonderful hot straight from the oven. We always keep a couple of packs in the freezer. Also like Sainsbury's tiger bread (but I think they call it giraffe bread now). And Weightwatchers small sliced wholemeal is nice.

goose1964 Fri 16-Feb-18 14:30:27

proper eastern european light rye bread. The only place I've found it in the UK is Wally's deli in Cardiff. I've just had the waitrose version and it was too soft and I couldn't taste the rye

ElroodFan Fri 16-Feb-18 14:29:33

Homemade.

Sillynanny65 Fri 16-Feb-18 14:18:59

On one of my visits to Lidl I discovered a Low GI bread, it's amazing, brown with seeds. Another plus is it keeps fresh far longer than any other bread I have tried. Also they do Low GI rolls very tasty too. Well worth a try if like me you are trying to keep your cholestrial under control

pamdixon Fri 16-Feb-18 14:14:45

Tesco's Irish wheaten loaf is quite delicious - not always easy to buy though. They make it in the bigger stores (or used to - have to admit I don't live near a big Tesco any more, so can't remember when I last bought it but it was always wonderful!).

loopyloo Fri 16-Feb-18 14:01:31

I have to be very careful with bread with wholegrains as I can easily break my teeth! Costs me a fortune at the dentist.
So a lovely white soft roll is a treat.

P3terpan Fri 16-Feb-18 13:47:20

My own half and half made in the bread maker my husband loves it and Lidl’s

Juggernaut Fri 16-Feb-18 13:36:40

For a very occasional supermarket bought sliced loaf, Jackson's bread, sold in Waitrose (up here anyway) is wonderful!
I make my own multigrain bread (well, I say 'I', the breadmaker does most of the work) and love it slathered in Kerrygold!
We used to have a fabulous baker in our village, but when he retired, he closed the business rather than sell it as a going concern, it's a huge loss! They sold the best Eccles cakes on the face of the earth, if I wanted two, I bought three, as one was guaranteed to be eaten on the walk home! He also made 'honey buns' which were truly nectar of the Gods!
GabriellaG
We were at Hart's bakery in Arch 35 a couple of weeks ago, I had a coffee and a cinnamon bun, and DH chose an almond croissant. We also bought a Malted Wheat and Sunflower loaf to bring home, it was delicious made into sandwiches with home cured bacon from a friend's Northumberland farm!

Overthehills Fri 16-Feb-18 12:55:41

MrsAllboys - NO! sad
(Sorry about the shouty capitals!)

Icyalittle Fri 16-Feb-18 12:52:17

We’re lucky enough to have Hobbs House near us, and their sourdough in particular is wonderful. They even do mail order www.hobbshousebakery.co.uk. I promise I’m not paid by them or whatever!

Mapleleaf Fri 16-Feb-18 12:51:51

I mainly make my own, a mix of whole meal and strong white flour, but I have bought some very tasty multi seeded bread from ASDA's in store bakery which is rather nice.

Overthehills Fri 16-Feb-18 12:49:31

DH’s wholemeal with Lurpak.
Mother’s Pride Plain (how delighted I was when we moved from England to Scotland to find my favourite plain loaf which I’d assumed was only available in Ireland!) with Lurpak.
DM’s soda or wheaten bread also with Lurpak.

GabriellaG Fri 16-Feb-18 12:47:19

*is on show...?

GabriellaG Fri 16-Feb-18 12:45:30

I have travelled far to get good unadulterated bread, although I tend to make a lot bread myself, either in my breadmaker or, time permitting, doing the lot by hand.
I get plenty of ideas from You Tube.
Trips to London always see me arriving home with bread from the markets or artisan bakers.
A couple of weeks ago I went to Bristol Temple Meads especially to visit an artisan bakers in one of the arches. The whole bakehouse us in show and you can have drinks and eats while watching the bread and pastries being made. The queues are long and come 11am there is nothing left.
I saw them on YT and that gave me the impetus to visit.
I never buy supermarket bread. The preservatives include chicken feather derivatives.
This morning I bought a 'donker rye' loaf and 2 huge (£1.32p each) Eccles cakes from my local baker.