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I was really shocked moving from Europe to the US how all but very select bread tasted like cake/brioch. First thing I always did getting back to England was bu

I was really shocked moving from Europe to the US how all but very select bread tasted like cake/brioch. First thing I always did getting back to England was buy a loaf of Hovis seeded multigrain and make a decent ham sandwich.

ClikeX 6y ago
When so first went to the UK years ago I was so surprised with the lack of bread you had over there. Stores would have a small bread section. In the Netherlands the bread section in the supermarket is like half the store. And there's bread in every choice you want. White, whole-grain, sugared, with seeds, with nuts, with patterns, and funny shapes. I'll admit we eat way too much bread here.
- kar1181 6y ago
  Really depends which supermarket and which location. The large supermarkets have a large choice (though you are right, not on par with the French, Dutch and Germans!). We do have a lot of local bakeries though which fill in the gap left over. Now compared to the US (and I'm sure there are areas where you can be well served) it is a desert for bread. You may get the odd 'artisanal sour dough loaf', but the very fact it's shipped from california and will last 2 weeks makes you wonder!
  - ClikeX 6y ago
    I went to London last year and the selection has definately improved compared to when I first went there 15 years ago. Just to clarify. Our supermarket bread tends to be pretty shit (some exceptions). It'll be dry, flavourless, and void of all nutrition. So it's not like all the bread here is amazing. But if I look up the supermarkets in the area here there's always at least one practically right next to it. And sometimes the supermarket and the bakery do a partnership and they'll have the artisinal bread in the supermarkt itself. Which is great.
YeGoblynQueenne 6y ago
Well, to be honest, when I moved to the UK from Greece I was shocked at the awful quality of supermarket bread like Hovis and the almost complete absence of an alternative from a proper baker's (where I lived, in any case).

ClikeX 6y ago

When so first went to the UK years ago I was so surprised with the lack of bread you had over there. Stores would have a small bread section. In the Netherlands the bread section in the supermarket is like half the store. And there's bread in every choice you want. White, whole-grain, sugared, with seeds, with nuts, with patterns, and funny shapes. I'll admit we eat way too much bread here.

kar1181 6y ago
Really depends which supermarket and which location. The large supermarkets have a large choice (though you are right, not on par with the French, Dutch and Germans!). We do have a lot of local bakeries though which fill in the gap left over. Now compared to the US (and I'm sure there are areas where you can be well served) it is a desert for bread. You may get the odd 'artisanal sour dough loaf', but the very fact it's shipped from california and will last 2 weeks makes you wonder!
- ClikeX 6y ago
  I went to London last year and the selection has definately improved compared to when I first went there 15 years ago. Just to clarify. Our supermarket bread tends to be pretty shit (some exceptions). It'll be dry, flavourless, and void of all nutrition. So it's not like all the bread here is amazing. But if I look up the supermarkets in the area here there's always at least one practically right next to it. And sometimes the supermarket and the bakery do a partnership and they'll have the artisinal bread in the supermarkt itself. Which is great.

YeGoblynQueenne 6y ago

Well, to be honest, when I moved to the UK from Greece I was shocked at the awful quality of supermarket bread like Hovis and the almost complete absence of an alternative from a proper baker's (where I lived, in any case).