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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 (1 children)

That's too bad. Hard crust is the best!

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Big disagree, and I'm someone who prefers dense, chewy breads.