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I rarely buy sliced bread. But then again I usually buy real bread and not that "toast"-thing, which seems to be mislabelled as "bread" in the anglosphere.
by fafner 12y ago
I rarely buy sliced bread. But then again I usually buy real bread and not that "toast"-thing, which seems to be mislabelled as "bread" in the anglosphere.
- broodbucket 12y agoI can't believe I'm witnessing a bread elitist. Bread, of all things. Not knocking your opinion as I will admit to being a bread plebeian, but wow.
- oblio 12y agoAnyone who has ever eaten home made bread, the kind my grandmother used to make, would agree with the bread elitist!
- swah 12y agoThe sentiment is more appropriate when talking about expensive liquid bread.
- Symbiote 12y agoI can't believe you've not met a bread elitist before. Any European who isn't British or Irish would probably count... My housemates (in London) are from Palestine, Poland, Romania and Hungary, and in average British terms all count as bread elitists. None can understand why the squashy, tasteless, white bread is popular here, and struggle to understand why people would buy crap bread, of all things!
- smrtinsert 12y agoI grew up worshiping the Wonderbread kids, now I cringe in horror. There really is no comparison between real bread and the other stuff. It's kind of like Velveeta.
- cbd1984 12y agoVelveeta's great if you want a cheese that melts smoothly.
- thaumasiotes 12y agoA chinese person recently asked me: "In America, does the bread usually contain other things, or is it just bread?" To understand the question, you need to know that if you buy a bread product in a Chinese bakery, there will be some sort of filling -- beans, a hot dog, anything -- hidden in the middle (well, a hot dog will usually stick out visibly on either side). When I replied that bread is bread all the way through, there was a followup question: "If it's all just bread, how can one bread be different from another bread?" It was hard to know how to respond. Different breads taste different. Some are high-quality, some are low. People aren't just imagining the difference between sourdough and wonderbread.
- kbart 12y agoA lot of my relatives live oversees and most of them, every time they come home, buy a lot of bread, take it back to another country and store in a freezer. Because it's nearly impossible to find a good, tasty bread in most western countries (from my personal experience: UK, Denmark, Norway; but I've heard the problem is much wider).
- fafner 12y agoEspecially bread. It's a staple food in many cultures. It's an important item. Why should we not demand high quality? Where I'm from people eat good bread. I grew up with good bread. It is really interesting but also sad, that the anglosphere seems to lack a decent bread culture.