Strange bread.

[Twirly]

SimonM Wrote:

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> Supermarket "bread" is just unutterably vile. If

> buying I like the walnut and onion from Blackbird

> and almost anything from Kindred. Mostly though we

> use a breadmaker - a ?90 Panasonic bought from

> Amazon 3 years ago which has paid for itself

> several times over. A day-old home-made loaf

> tastes fresher than a fresh shop-bought one.

> Blackbird flour is nice and the EDD sells French

> bread flour which makes amazing white loaves....

I agree with the general comments on supermarket bread, though there are some granary/seeded varieties that are OK - I tend to keep one in the freezer for emergencies.

Agree about the Blackbird onion and walnut - it's delicious, but horribly expensive (think it was ?2.95 for a large loaf last time I bought one - I also noticed earlier this year a price hike of almost 20% when it went up from ?2.50 which I already considered a bit pricey. It's now become an occasional treat, whereas I used to buy one most weekends.It has encouraged me to get back to baking my own though. Artisan bakers are great, but not everyone can afford their prices on a regular basis.

Thanks for the tip about the French flour in the EDD SimonM - I will check that out.

[louisiana]

Being a lazyweb sort of person who hates lugging lots of heavy stuff home, I tend to buy my flours online from Shipton Mill. Amazing range of organic everything.

Thanks for the local flour tip.

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dita-on-tees Wrote:

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> I rather like the fact you can wander round that

> shop and feed your face. Never actually bought

> anything in there though as it always seems

> insanely expensive (much more than their stores in

> the US and Canada (even allowing for exchange

> rates)

The sourdough bread was ?1.99. I also bought some 'light' wholewheat flour on sale for about a quid.

[dita-on-tees]

not bad at all for sourdough. I attempted to create a sourdough starter, apparently once they get going you cant kill them, except through heat.... mine is looking remarkably dead.

[cate]

Re Blackbird bread - I too like the walnut and onion. I also like/liked the rosemary one. Haven't been in there in ages. They both make good toast the next day. Don't like their baguettes as they are strangely sweet and one of the wholemeal ones is also sweet.

[cate]

Flour Power Bakery is at the Peckham Sunday Market and they have a large choice of bread. 100% ryes, part ryes, white sourdough, spelt, cottage tins.....I also recommend the Blackheath Sunday Market which has at least 4 different bakeries selling their wares.

[Tarot]

The Blackheath market. is that located in the village, and how long have they been trading. Im going to Blacheath this Sunday.?

[cate]

Don't know how long it has been trading but at least a couple of years. It's located in the Blackheath Station car park. Free parking on Sunday. Market runs from 10 am - 2 pm.