tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post8211831707571062517..comments2023-08-29T03:31:24.755-07:00Comments on Under the Burning Bridge: Buying a good baguette in France: A piece of cake?Fripouillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-15501751426617486972012-03-20T11:48:05.336-07:002012-03-20T11:48:05.336-07:00HI Emma, it isn't as easy as some people may t...HI Emma, it isn't as easy as some people may think to buy real bread as people imagine a baker would bake it, that's for sure. <br /><br />Polish bread? I tasted some with sesame seeds all over the top crust once. It was dense, which meant that many people couldn't eat a lot of it, but my was it good! Succulent taste, it 'felt' right when chewed - not too gluey, not too dry - and I really enjoyed it. It was a bit like some German breads in some ways..<br /><br />Ah Hovis, good old Hovis, the 'real bread' of my childhood. We only thought it was real because it was brown I suppose. Hovis' marketing technique worked a dream for them but, as you say, us neophytes are quite capable of doing better...<br /><br />Bread. Love it. Four good cheeses, three types of bread, a bottle of Côtes du Rhône, and I'm in heaven....<br /><br />Have a good evening.Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-79987009575193913642012-03-18T11:13:56.783-07:002012-03-18T11:13:56.783-07:00Hiya Frip, Sounds like buying bread isn't alw...Hiya Frip, Sounds like buying bread isn't always straightforward in France, but at least there's reasonable access to the real stuff.<br /><br /> Things aren't so good in the UK. It really is remarkably difficult to get a good loaf of bread. All the supermarkets sell only poor stuff, in my experience, and I've tried them all. Even Waitrose is lousy-among the worst.<br /><br /> The Polish shops have some good bread; some is sourdough, some ryebread, but (almost) all of their bread seems to be made with just flour yeast salt and water, no chemicals or preservatives (try getting that in uk type bread!).<br /><br /> When I was reading up about baguette making I read that roughly half of the ones made in France these days conform (roughly) to what is considered traditional, the rest are made in what was called the American style, which I think is what we're more used to in the UK-with a thin very crisp crust.<br /><br /> But those available here are usually not much cop-many are frozen for up to a year before being baked, which doesn't help.<br /><br /> I have made my own bread for a while now, -when i bought a Hovis loaf recently I really was amazed at its total lack of flavour and strangely light cotton wool texture.<br /><br /> Bread machines can be improved on, but even the simplest one can make you a better loaf, with no skill or great effort, than the mighty Hovis can manage.emma chissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345325401001587405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-5903296407283207972012-03-07T16:08:43.003-08:002012-03-07T16:08:43.003-08:00Salut Clunie! Et ça me fait plaisir de te voir ici...Salut Clunie! Et ça me fait plaisir de te voir ici. Je vois d'ailleurs que tu te débrouilles bien en français. Je n'avais aucune idée que tu était si forte que ça. Bravo! Bon, j'attends ton email avec impatience mais il est 01:10 ici maintenant, alors je vais aller me coucher. J'ai pas mal de boulot demain. A plus!Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-1882060678862719982012-03-07T15:58:33.493-08:002012-03-07T15:58:33.493-08:00Salut Monsieur Fripouille. Je suis la Madame Cluni...Salut Monsieur Fripouille. Je suis la Madame Clunie. J'aime beaucoup votre blog, c'est très informatif. Je viens de mangé un sandwich fait avec insipide, produit en masse dégoûtante pain de Asda et je suis jaloux de vous et vos boulangeries. J'aime aussi beaucoup Google Translate. Je vais vous envoyer un e-mail.Chippy Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853869778919076722noreply@blogger.com