Bread Disappointment, What is Your Preferred/recommended Loaf?
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I love bread (especially with lashings of real butter) but try not to indulge too often.
For the first time, in probably 2/3 years, i went out early to a real bakery for a fresh, uncut loaf as i was craving a soft delicious sandwich.
Got it home and couldn't wait to make my sarnie, sat down, feet up, cup of tea, tv on...............and what a disappointment. As i sliced i thought how dense it looked and after a couple of bites it just tasted chewy and turned into a dough ball in my mouth.....yuk.
What made it even worse was that it was a small farmhouse which i expected would cost about £1.60 and it was £2.25.
Has there been a decline now in bread? Do you buy sliced, uncut, wholemeal, 50/50, white? I am going to use the rest for toast
I only eat uncut loafs from bakery, Warburtons ect... bloats me, can't beat door slab sizes with lots of butter
martinlufc5637 I agree and that was what I was hoping for today, but it was horrible, and tastes salty too. Maybe it was just a bad bakers so will avoid it now, although I can't think of any others near enough to me.
We only buy Tesco own bread for 85p it's the only one that my kids will eat my other half loves a tiger loaf now and again
I like the seeded loafs the most but i have noticed variation in uncut loaves. Some seem doughy in the middle, like you said, then others can be a little dry.
Love a tigar roll me self, I did manage to make my own rolls last week, the first time they have turned out well, after several attempts in previous years 
Lynibis yes they were alrite I was pleased, had them with some nice Irish butter and chicken soup
MelissaLee1 I love their cranberry and cashew speciality bread but it's not for sarnies or having baked beans on lol.
I don't eat much bread, just buy it for toast for our son. I either buy the Lidl simply bread or a yellow sticker bread. Bread gets frozen in our house and used when needed. Otherwise my husband makes Irish Wheaton bread.
I buy Warburtons but not happy with the price now. I try and get bread that's reduced because of short date as I can put in the freezer. I also sometimes buy from Gregg's stottie.
I do feel for you as I buy bread from a shop about 15 miles away because, other than supermarkets, the bakeries around here do almost anything except bread. It's all rolls, sandwiches, cakes & pastries. Finding a decent loaf is quite difficult which is why I travel so far, I phone my order through and buy several loaves at a time to freeze.
tumblespots not sure I would be prepared to travel that far lol. Yes, I agree, bread seems to be the last thing bakers want to sell these days but I guess so many buy their bread from supermarkets so demand isn't high enough.
Lynibis We are rural so it's either the nearest small town in which the bakery doesn't do loaves or 15 miles in either direction, one way has the supermarkets, the other has my bakery which is why we buy quite a few in one go when we go that way.
I get seeded loafs. usually store brand as its cheaper and just as good as the branded stuff.
I tend to just buy reduced loafs mainly. Quite a few from coop which is quite near to me. I know they are low quality parbaked loafs but cut and freeze them. I won't pay much for a parbaked loaf it has to be cheap due to the greater health issues and extra yeast in them. Unfortunately parbaked loafs are everywhere now it seems as there is less waste so supermarkets can just cook them from frozen when they need them for the shop so there is less wastage and therefore cheaper. I think in Yeovil its only the large Tesco and Morrisons stores that have fully bakeries. We have a small Asda which I don't think has a full bakery (not sure). Even Tesco and Morrisons won't cook all loafs from bare ingredients, some speciality bread probably comes in parbaked. The great thing about parbaked is the extra yeast in them causes them to go off more quickly and go hard so there is good reductions on them at the Coop for example because the shelf life is short.
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