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What's the deal with bread in the US (self.askamericans)
submitted 2 years ago by mayonaise_met to c/askamericans@kbin.social
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I had a bit of a discussion with someone on Reddit a while ago about American bread. They claimed decent bread was available in almost every bakery section of every grocery store. All American bread I remember was full of sugar and preservatives, not just the wonder bread type, but also everything else. Since my memory could be wrong, or one-sided, or perhaps things have changed, I left it at that.

Now I've been in the U.S. for over a week and visited at least one grocery store per day (we don't have reliable access to a fridge so we buy fresh stuff daily). I just cannot find anything close to the fresh bakery section in a Dutch supermarket. And compared to other European countries that isn't even a particularly high bar.

What I find is either to way too sweet and fluffy/cakey, and nothing even close to the mediocre pre-sliced bread back home. What am I doing wrong?

I've tried Aldi, Walmart and a few local(?) chains.

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[–] mayonaise_met 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the recommendations. I haven't actually been to a Trader Joe yet. In Europe I do prefer Aldi Süd over Aldi Nord, so I didn't seek them out. Maybe I should.

I have noticed a huge spread in grocery prices. Like cold cuts and pre-sliced cheese starting at $6-7. That'd be at least half that back home. Then in another store in another place I bought pre-sliced Gouda for some super reasonable price which I don't quite remember.

I think I'd buy one of those bread making machines if I lived here I think.

The nature of beautiful though. No doubt.