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I appear to be distinctly in the minority, but sourdough is the usual bread I buy and eat, even though Colombo got swallowed up into Bimbo Bakery along with eve

I appear to be distinctly in the minority, but sourdough is the usual bread I buy and eat, even though Colombo got swallowed up into Bimbo Bakery along with everything else. (My wife's "Rustik" bread? Also Bimbo.)

aerostable_slug 4y ago
Bimbo even bought San Luis Sourdough (made down in San Luis Obispo), which used to be excellent. 'Used to be' being the key phrase. Luckily, someone who had worked there started Brian's Own, which is very good.
- dylan604 4y ago
  Bimbo "bought" Mrs Bairds, but that was because Bairds got in trouble for price fixing and Bimbo bought them for pennies. I don't remember any of the details, but I wonder if some of these other brands were caught up similarly?
fsckboy 4y ago
> I appear to be distinctly in the minority, but sourdough is the usual bread I buy and eat where do you live? on the US west coast it can be difficult to not buy sourdough, it's usually all they have. source: I don't want to buy sourdough
- classichasclass 4y ago
  The US west coast ;)
- djur 4y ago
  Where are you shopping? Any supermarket I've ever been to has shelf after shelf of sweet white, whole-wheat, and multigrain breads as well as sourdough, rye, etc. as well as French bread and assorted "artisan" loaves.
- wizofaus 4y ago
  Surely that can't be true if you buy your bread at Walmart or similar. And it must be a relatively recent phenomenon - the various times I was in that part of the world (most recently I guess 12-13 years ago) I don't remember sourdough bread being especially prevalent.
  - OkayPhysicist 4y ago
    I assume he's referring to fresh loafed bread, rather than the bagged, pre-sliced sandwich bread. I've definitely noticed the same thing, because sometimes I just want to have a simple bread-cheese-wine dinner, and all I can find is sourdough.

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I appear to be distinctly in the minority, but sourdough is the usual bread I buy and eat, even though Colombo got swallowed up into Bimbo Bakery along with eve

by classichasclass 4y ago

aerostable_slug 4y ago
Bimbo even bought San Luis Sourdough (made down in San Luis Obispo), which used to be excellent. 'Used to be' being the key phrase. Luckily, someone who had worked there started Brian's Own, which is very good.
- dylan604 4y ago
  Bimbo "bought" Mrs Bairds, but that was because Bairds got in trouble for price fixing and Bimbo bought them for pennies. I don't remember any of the details, but I wonder if some of these other brands were caught up similarly?
fsckboy 4y ago
> I appear to be distinctly in the minority, but sourdough is the usual bread I buy and eat where do you live? on the US west coast it can be difficult to not buy sourdough, it's usually all they have. source: I don't want to buy sourdough
- classichasclass 4y ago
  The US west coast ;)
- djur 4y ago
  Where are you shopping? Any supermarket I've ever been to has shelf after shelf of sweet white, whole-wheat, and multigrain breads as well as sourdough, rye, etc. as well as French bread and assorted "artisan" loaves.
- wizofaus 4y ago
  Surely that can't be true if you buy your bread at Walmart or similar. And it must be a relatively recent phenomenon - the various times I was in that part of the world (most recently I guess 12-13 years ago) I don't remember sourdough bread being especially prevalent.
  - OkayPhysicist 4y ago
    I assume he's referring to fresh loafed bread, rather than the bagged, pre-sliced sandwich bread. I've definitely noticed the same thing, because sometimes I just want to have a simple bread-cheese-wine dinner, and all I can find is sourdough.