What the hell has happened to good ol' American White Bread?

[Snarlingiron]

Ain't sure if this the right forum, but here goes anyway. It seems to me that all of the white bread I buy these days is pure crap. I remember when I was a kid, it was soft and flexible. The junk that is being sold today is dry and crumbly, like it is more sawdust and cellulose than flour. Our local brand, Mrs. Bairds was sold to the Mexican giant Bimbo several years ago and quality has declined radically. I have tried them all, Sarah Lee, Iron Kids, Sunbeam, etc. All the same crumbly crap! Does anybody still make good soft white bread?

[Meat Hunter]

I never thought about this till now and yeah, your right. Dry, crumbly....

What about Wonder Bread? They still make that stuff?

[1Cavman]

Don't know if this is available in your area.

Nice, soft, square... Great for Clubs

http://stroehmann.com/Products/Stroe...9/Default.aspx

[Richtee]

I never thought about this till now and yeah, your right. Dry, crumbly....

What about Wonder Bread? They still make that stuff?

They do..here in Detroit. It still is..well.. white bread.

[Richtee]

Ain't sure if this the right forum, but here goes anyway. It seems to me that all of the white bread I buy these days is pure crap. I remember when I was a kid, it was soft and flexible. The junk that is being sold today is dry and crumbly, like it is more sawdust and cellulose than flour.

That's because it contains just that.

[crusty ol salt]

its all saw dust and cardboard around here

[tenacious bee]

While I am off bread for a good while I can certainly second Cav's post on the stroehman's.

[dales133]

It ain't just American bread 75% of the white bread here is shithouse too, can't even butter it without tearing holes in it

[DanMcG]

got to make your own if you want good stuff.

[gmotoman]

My mom was kind of a hippy, and my dad was from Brooklyn. So either we got homemade, rye, or full of nuts and seeds. I never developed a liking to store bought white bread. Now I have tried some of the potato flour breads. They're pretty white and soft.

[Mark R]

Yea, down here we still got good "white" bread, I make it!
I stopped buying bread bout six or seven years ago. Stuff in store is...crap!

[Slanted88]

Me & me ol bread machine get along just fine...Trying to dial in the sourdough...It's just time....Now with time me DO is the get after...

[HawgHeaven]

Roll yer own. I hate store bought bread.

Butt I do like Martins potato rolls... they be aight...

[IrishChef]

Stopped buying that shit years ago, after my first European adventure. Realized $.69 a loaf white bread was about as flavorful as cardboard, and had the texture of wet shitpaper..... Bake my own, buy from a decent bakery, or better yet, one of the local artisan places that has popped up near here.

[crusty ol salt]

Stopped buying that shit years ago, after my first European adventure. Realized $.69 a loaf white bread was about as flavorful as cardboard, and had the texture of wet shitpaper..... Bake my own, buy from a decent bakery, or better yet, one of the local artisan places that has popped up near here.

great advice i think i'll take it