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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.

Farrsan2003 Fri 16-Feb-18 12:19:40

Lidl’s fig and walnut brown bread. Absolutely delicious

Lupin Fri 16-Feb-18 12:22:12

I like Lidl's cheesy topped bakery rolls too, and their bakery sourdough seeded loaf. It has to be Lurpak generously spread on. I have wondered how often Lidl clean their tongs to lift the rolls with, and the plastic containers they display the bread in.
I'm also a fan of Paul Rankin's soda bread and fruit bread.

sufuller Fri 16-Feb-18 12:33:31

Any bread right now. I’ve given it up for Lent.

Craicon Fri 16-Feb-18 12:39:19

My homemade seeded soda bread spread with locally made Irish butter. Yum.

Teetime Fri 16-Feb-18 12:39:43

Sainsbury Sprouting grains Boule - off to have some now with soup - super crusty and tasty - could eat it all day especially with cheese!!

Sheilasue Fri 16-Feb-18 12:41:08

Tesco do a lovely crusty soughdough bread and it’s sliced too. I try not to eat a lot of bread doesn’t help when your on a diet, but apparently soughdough is ok to have.

Albangirl14 Fri 16-Feb-18 12:43:02

Losely butter is the only one we buy as it is spreadable straight from the fridge and only contains butter. Waitrose sell it.

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.

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

*is on show...?

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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!

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

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.

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!).

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

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

Homemade.

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

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.

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

In East London, Percy Ingle makes the best bread.

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

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

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.

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. ? ??????☕