The science, history & snobbery of BREAD

[Johnnyboxer]

Interesting article for the milling wheat growers et al

Britain’s bitter bread battle: what a £5 sourdough loaf tells us about health, wealth and class | Bread | The Guardian

Some complain that pricey sourdough is elitist and pretentious. Others lambast cheap sliced white as unhealthy and unsustainable. How did our most basic foodstuff become a source of conflict and division?

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Worth a read

 

[Tubbylew]

Interesting article for the milling wheat growers et al

Britain’s bitter bread battle: what a £5 sourdough loaf tells us about health, wealth and class | Bread | The Guardian

Some complain that pricey sourdough is elitist and pretentious. Others lambast cheap sliced white as unhealthy and unsustainable. How did our most basic foodstuff become a source of conflict and division?

amp.theguardian.com

Sliced white bread is the devil as far as I'm concerned, I avoid it as much as I can and feel far better for it too.

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Sliced white bread is the devil as far as I'm concerned, I avoid it as much as I can and feel far better for it too.

That true - but as the article points out, the 46p supermarket white loaf is the only bread that many people can afford

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

That true - but as the article points out, the 46p supermarket white loaf is the only bread that many people can afford

Really?