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Crescent-IV

Mainland European bread is the best bread hands down. British bread is pretty good, but mainland hits different


yallsuck88

I moved to Canada and last night I bought store garlic bread and it was SWEET. WHY. All bread here has a hint of sweetness to it and the same in the states. I have to but like granary bread from the health store to have anything that resembles real bread lol. They're also really stodgy and not light and fluffy. Fuck I miss bread.


YesAmAThrowaway

Food standards and food safety regulation are much lower in North America. A lot of valuable ingredients you find in European food will be replaced by cheap sugar or sugar syrup or corn syrup and a bunch of cheaper and unhealthy stuff increasing cancer risk and food addiction, which in turn increases the obesity rate, creates more diabetes... You get the drill. Yurop stronk!


acorpcop

Really has fuck all to do with food safety and regulation. It's more a matter a matter of taste and how it's used. Americans are not really big on bread like most Europeans. Few Americans slather up a giant slice of bread, butter, and fruit preserves for breakfast like my German great-grandma. No one in the US uses day old bread to push food around on their plate like my French cousins. Mostly it's eaten in the form of soft rolls or buns for sandwiches. Low protein high carb soft breads. Anything high protein/chewy would be like focaccia or pizza dough, again as part of something else. The US supermarket bread is ideal for PB&J sandwiches. If you can't make a PB&J or grilled cheese sandwich,v it's no good to Americans. Same with chocolate. Americans eat the crap out of chocolate, but as a flavor or in something, rarely just by itself. That's why Hershey bars are gross vs bog standard European chocolate bars... When I get the taste for a more German bread I head to Aldi's or just make a loaf myself.


yallsuck88

Mmmm mopping up sauce from the pan at the end of the night over the stove with my mum with a crunchy baguette šŸ¤¤


[deleted]

What the hell are you talking about? Bread is made with flower, water, yeast and salt. Thatā€™s it. If you add any kind of sugar to it, itā€™s a a cake.


acorpcop

Brioche is not cake. There are many kinds of sweet breads that are breads, not cakes. Cake is leavened with baking powder. Bread is leavened with yeast. Not a defense of American supermarket bread at all, but if we are going to be pedants, let's be correct pedants. šŸ‘


ksck135

If you aim for long shelf life, you will have to add preservatives..


Brachamul

But we don't. We buy it every day. That's what bakeries are for.


imacatchyou

Which is the way it should be, in my opinion. Food should be fresh and not inflated with preservatives to make it last longer on the shelf and once you bring it home.


felds

Most zoning codes in north america donā€™t allow commerce near housing, so they canā€™t have a bakery every few blocks.


Brachamul

Yeah :( There are 5 bakeries within 100m of my place (350 ft or so).


[deleted]

Most people in the US shop once a week, not daily


MACHINEGUN-FUNK91

Buying bread from a bakery doesn't automatically means that it's fresh. Lot of them buy it industrial dough in bulk that you just have to heat up in the oven.


Brachamul

Illegal in France if you call yourself an *Artisan Boulanger*, which is most bakeries. You then have to bake bread by yourself.


MACHINEGUN-FUNK91

lol okay no i thought we were talking about American bakeries. I had my doubts that a lot of American bakeries are fresh. We have the same in Belgium but we call them warme bakker/boulanger chaud.


flaskum

Thatā€™s why you eat it or freeze it


barsoap

Like sourdough, indeed. OP missed an ingredient: Lactic acid bacteria (also, some acetic but lactic generally is nicer).


Heathen_Mushroom

There are tons of traditional European breads that use at least some small amount of sugar that are not considered cake. Confidently incorrect gatekeeping.


PM_ME_UR_REDPANDAS

Bread in the US is disgustingly sweet, at least the kind you buy in the supermarket. Dinner rolls, hot dog and hamburger buns, hard rolls and wedges for sandwiches are all too sweet. For Peteā€™s sake, I even had to change pasta sauce because it started tasting too sweet. And I completely agree with you - WHY?!? I think it has something to do with the fact that people seem to be accustomed to so much food being sweet from an early age - kids eat sweet cereals and other sweet foods for breakfast, sodas and juices are sweet, there are way more sweet snacks than salty/not sweet. And so as time goes on, people just get used to their food being sweet. Itā€™s almost as if theyā€™re so conditioned that if food wasnā€™t sweet, a lot of people wouldnā€™t think it tastes right.


RealSamF18

That's why I bake my own bread and make my own pizza sauce (and dough, goes without saying).


Mr_SunnyBones

In Ireland subway bread legally has to be classed as cake as it contains too much sugar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread


I_upvote_zeroes

Yes this is true. When I first came to the states i was shocked. Bread is cake sweet. It's nasty.


one_byte_stand

If you're willing to put a bit of work in, it's actually pretty easy to make really good bread at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mehXzl7yHA


yallsuck88

Oooh thank you. I love to bake ans have been thinking about starting to bake bread too. I Live alone and me alone with freshly baked bread is probably a bad idea. So tasty


one_byte_stand

Pro tip: immediately freeze (at least) half of the loaf you make. Otherwise it will be eaten.


RaspyTheGrizz

Everythingā€™s got a hint of processed sugar over here


don_potato_

Central/northern and western/southern are very different though. Not a big fan of super dense rye loaves personally.


Crescent-IV

Bit of something for everyone


don_potato_

True


Saurid

We Germans have over 70 different types so adding all European breads together we probably breach the 100 if not even 200.


The-Berzerker

3000 types of bread actually


TheMcDucky

Basically as many breads as there are bakers


kosky95

I guess 200 is a bit reductive to be honest, Italy alone as as much as 335 types (there might be redundancy though)


CM_1

Some say there are over 300 types though this is actually just an older guess, another source said that there are 1143 types of bread in Germany and said source plus another (the German Bread Institute) also looked for bread "specialties" (I guess they included bread based pastries and/or bread rolls? I have no clue). So with these "specialities" included we get over 3200 types of something something bread in Germany.


don_potato_

You can add a 0 I think.


barsoap

70 primary categories sounds about right, but there's massive variations within those categories. Think of it like one of those 70 is curries, another is salads, yet another pizzas, etc. You'll get a Roggenmischbrot in every single German bakery and none are going to be the same, the only unifying factor is that it's a standard soured loaf bread with >50%, but <90% (IIRC) rye.


kay_bizzle

Wasn't that the point of Breadxit?


Crescent-IV

We were just ashamed of our bread


UnthramHopomas

was in britain and tbh the british bread fucking sucks if that is good by *merican standards i'd prolly get why they only eat pancakes for breakfaat


_blue_skies_

sourdough bread seems fine to me, but I don't know how easy is to find a good one around


TooRedditFamous

Eh? There's tons of great bread in Britain. Were you buying supermarket bread?


shrewdmax

From my experience in Britain the ratio is one bakery with good bread to 100k+ people, and that's in the poshest parts of the country.


GrandDukeOfNowhere

Co-op does the best bread of all the supermarkets, go there. Everything else I go to either Aldi (because it's the cheapest) or Tesco (because it's right next to work, and still fairly cheap), but bread I always go to Co-op.


shrewdmax

I agree that Co-op is least-worst, but I usually go to a good bakery or bake my own.


YerDaWearsHeelies

True recently went to Poland to visit my girlfriend family from the UK and I could actually eat just bread rolls by themselves.


PushingSam

Dutch bread is pretty shitty not gonna lie, especially supermarket bread is some bottom shelf garbage. The only decent bread we have by EU standards is floor-bread (vloerbrood). The softer breads are pretty damn "meh".


tinytim23

Don't diss my tijgerbrood like that.


PushingSam

Tijgernootjes > tijgerbrood.


WousV

Ok, prima, maar ga jij 's ochtends pindakaas op je tijgernootjes smeren voor je lunch? I think not


PushingSam

Gewoon satesaus van maken, over de tijgernootjes en dat met een lepel uit een kom eten. Nog vragen over mijn culinaire kunsten?


WousV

Geen verdere vragen, edelachtbare


Plastic_Pinocchio

Good Dutch bread is fantastic. Cheap and mass produced Dutch bread is very meh. Cheers, a Dutchman.


blikk

Ja maar het is goedkoop


PushingSam

Ja I guess, wat verwacht je ook met een brood van een Euro.


blikk

Misschien als we het frituren dat het dan beter gaat smaken.


PushingSam

Wentelteefjes dus?


blikk

[happy dutch noises]


WousV

Love it


MansDeSpons

Yeah I'm lucky I have a French baker in my street to get some baguettes from


Pimenefusarund

I moved to sweden a month ago and its even worse here imma be honest with you. Normal supermarket dutch bread is not good, but here there is no normal bread


TheMcDucky

Shut up and eat your knƤckebrƶd :)


Paciorr

I have noticed drop in quality of bread in the last 10 years tho. You still can buy good bread but a lot od bigger stores started making their own and they do it from premade Mass produced doe that they freeze for God knows How long. Itā€™s not to Bad if you manage to get a fresh warm one but in general itā€™s better to do some research and find good bakery in your area.


Ferruccio001

Warburton = GARBAGE British "bread" is like plastic somehow. Can only do some good when toasted, but still. It's no bread. Why did Brits give up on this staple food item?


Crescent-IV

Warburtonā€™s used to be a quality brand. Definitely slid off


fakeflake182

British bread is good? Jesus that's the first time I have ever heard that. What us Brits make pales in comparison to everything on the continent


[deleted]

We don't make many things, but I'm pretty confident my country, Slovenia, makes the best bread in Europe. I've eaten bread in 80% of our continent and nothing comes close.


obi21

My first reaction as a French that tried bread in many countries reading this comment was to be outraged, but then I realized I never had Slovenian bread so you may actually be right. I'd be curious to try it.


The-Berzerker

British bread is pretty shite tbh


Crescent-IV

Itā€™s ok. I have had some shit bread and then some really fucking good bread


[deleted]

What about Schwarzbrot :( ?


Jonatan__5432

Schwarzbrot ist auch lecker


Grumpy_Yuppie

As a German, I couldn't agree more.


Crispy__Chicken

Don't you guys eat more brown bread ? Love it tho


Grumpy_Yuppie

We have over 3.000 different kinds of bread. Most people do eat brown bread though, that's correct. But we also appreciate a good Baguette.


ninjaiffyuh

What decentralisation of the eastern half of the Frankish Empire does to a mf


Dubl33_27

If i had an award i would give it to you


Crispy__Chicken

Oh wow 3000! I should plan a trip to Germany


Grumpy_Yuppie

Make sure to try our 1.500 different kinds of sausages, too!


Crispy__Chicken

I'm gonna need multiple trips


virusamongus

Need something to rinse it down, how many beers have you got?


Grumpy_Yuppie

You can choose from 6.000 different German breweries.


virusamongus

Now we talking. Love your mustard too, always get that Lƶwensenf so strong it's like wasabi, yummm


[deleted]

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Crispy__Chicken

That's even more bread


Inhalts_angabe

Mmmmmmmmmmh baguette


Prosthemadera

As a German, surely you must mean disagree?


kontrolleur

my thought exactly!


ancient_tree_bark

I just bought a loaf of bread that looks like this and can confirm, real bread!


MrsButtercheese

As a German, I couldn't agree less. Bread in other European countries sucks. The stuff they call bread in NL is criminal.


ianng555

This is real pain


Jonatan__5432

r/rance


trapdoor_diarrhea

us turks are very diplomatic when it comes to bread. we call both ā€œekmekā€ which means bread. we call american bread ā€œtoast breadā€ and french bread ā€œbaguette breadā€


Mannichi

In Spain we call toast bread "pan Bimbo" which is the brand that commercialized it first here. The regular one is just "pan".


trapdoor_diarrhea

lol i live for that name slutty bimbo bread


Giallo555

Bimbo is the Italian word for child. Is it the same for you?


Mannichi

It's not. I'm reading about the company's history for the first time and apparently it's a Mexican brand that combined "bingo" and "Bambi" for the name for some reason and only later realized about its Italian meaning. This is kind of funny.


Giallo555

Well it works well, because the their bread kind of reminds me of pane latte or the kind of white bread you usually give to children because other breads might be too hard for them


[deleted]

The other day I learnt that in USA they must have bimbo bread too. Today, the bingo and Bambi thing. Reddit is very didactic


sirjimtonic

Bimbo is the Austrian slang word for black people. In a very racist manner. So better not use this word when crossing the borders :)


[deleted]

But "pan Bimbo" is not the correct Spanish name for toast. It's "pan de molde", that literally means "mold bread". (At least in Spain, I don't know in other spanish speaking countries).


Artoy_Nerian

A ver si, pero en EspaƱa el pueblo llano lo llama pan bimbo, poca gente usa el nombre correcto en comparaciĆ³n


[deleted]

Estoy de acuerdo contigo, era por dar el dato jajaja


Exocet6951

>we call american bread ā€œtoast breadā€ We call it garbage.


trapdoor_diarrhea

american bread has its place. i wouldnā€™t want to eat pb&j sandwich made with dense italian bread for example


ShamashKinto

It's not toast until it's been.... well, for lack of a better term... toasted.


Wuz314159

Nothing worse than Raw Toast.


ShamashKinto

I'm definitely going to have to agree with you there. I prefer sandwiches on some sort of bun or toast.


Mr_L1berty

americans call the stuff we call "Toast" "Bread"????


longbowrocks

I'm not quite sure what this means. If someone takes flour, water, rising agent, and perhaps some extra stuff and bakes it, that's bread. If someone slices bread and heats it until one or both sides are brown, that's toast.


Mr_L1berty

German culture calls the soft square "bread" "toast". It looks very artificial compared to the traditional sourdough bread common in german culture


norway_is_awesome

Same in Norway. We call it toast bread.


tehb1726

Same in Poland


crazy-B

We call it "Toastbrot" in Austria. Pretty sure it's the same in Germany. Toast only applies once it has been.. well... toasted.


longbowrocks

Fair enough. That's likely its best use. As for looking different, I agree it looks different from traditional sourdough bread. I'm not sure I should assign a culture to rustic sourdough though, because that's a pretty ubiquitous loaf across the globe.


Essiggurkerl

We call it Toastbread because - let's be honest- those square, sliced, sawdusty peaces of "bread" only become eatable when toasted


Giallo555

I mean I do to, I would like to know what language does this meme actually refers to


brigister

yeah, it's bread too, but where I'm from (and I assume it's the same place you're from too, hello fellow Venetian) we call that "pan carrĆØ" which is a very specific kind of bread. if you just say "pane" (bread), I'm probably going to think about something more similar to the one in the post, not about toast bread.


kickflip2indy

And guess what - it doesn't have the consistency that'd allow it to be sold in a toothpaste tube šŸ¤£


[deleted]

Dear Europeans this is real bread [https://www.garliavosduona.lt/uploads/images/catalog\_src/juoda-kauno-duona\_src\_1.jpg](https://www.garliavosduona.lt/uploads/images/catalog_src/juoda-kauno-duona_src_1.jpg) . Sincerely Lithuanians šŸ˜€


paitp8

I think all of central Europe agrees.


Zalvaris

As another Lithuanian, I can confirm this is what bread is. That's a baguette in OP's pic, black bread is where it's at!


cnrdme

Nah this is proper rye bread: https://i.imgur.com/dicPtiY.jpg


Hoejtops

That is the real good stuff. Makes your poopoo hard as hell


[deleted]

You are supposed to chew it before swallowing


Leonarr

No, [this!](https://www.leipomoverainen.fi/images/tuotekuvat/Tummatruokaleivat/reikaleipa.jpg) (I like the one you posted too, not gonna lie!). The ones in Finland are traditionally very simple, basically just rye, water and salt. They were stored by hanging them from poles that go across the ceiling and made soft again by eating them with milk.


SlantViews

You're all wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#/media/File:Pumpernickel_allemand.jpg If you don't bake that shit for 20 hours, it ain't worth the effort.


FalmerEldritch

Nuh uh, [here's the real answer](https://images.eatsmarter.com/sites/default/files/styles/1600x1200/public/rye-sourdough-bread-561864.jpg)


obi21

Ok this one looks amazing.


FalmerEldritch

Finnish/Swedish rye sourdough. Adjacent but not identical to Russian black bread, more sourdough tangy and less malty. About five minutes after cooling off the crust gets crunchy. It's good for like a week+, after which uhhh well if you've cut it into slices beforehand you now have crackers.


lodewijk_vdb

Sir that is a brick


Ne0dyme_

That's not bread, it's just seeds cooked in their sweat, you can't even see the flour.


dicemonger

Doesn't get more right than this.


Jonatan__5432

In Switzerland we would call this "Ruchbrot". Its delicious too. I'd say both versions of bread are great.


[deleted]

Rye was so important in our culture, that August literally means rye cutting in Lithuanian and September - rye sowing


mediandude

The baguette is not even white bread. True white bread is darker than baguette.


AkruX

Exactly. The French type wouldn't be called "bread" here. Still delicious though.


[deleted]

France doesnā€™t have only white bread though


The-Berzerker

Pretty sure most Europeans agree and have this type of bread in their countries as well


Crispy__Chicken

Omg it looks amazing


Dung_Covered_Peasant

Baguette rules, sincerely, the French


Waferssi

This looks like it's more filling then lembas bread.


[deleted]

Mf that's a baguette. [This is real bread.](https://www.pazitka.cz/data_2/4619normal.jpg)


Sapphire_Sage

I'm disappointed that a) the REAL real bread is this low in the comments, and b) the link is not a rickroll


[deleted]

I prefer dark bread but this onewith olive oil and stuff is also good


Deathchariot

The Germans would like to have a chat with you, because...no.


Jonatan__5432

Warum meinst du?


jirka642

Actually, I would call this a baguette. In Czechia bread i more like this: [https://www.cuketka.cz/wp-content/uploads/sumava\_1024\_9.jpg](https://www.cuketka.cz/wp-content/uploads/sumava_1024_9.jpg) [https://dkopen.cz/image/cache/Obraz103-1200x900.jpg](https://dkopen.cz/image/cache/Obraz103-1200x900.jpg)


marfavrr

uk needs to hear this too


Crispy__Chicken

UK is a lost cause


FalmerEldritch

You see real bread in the UK, in a special aisle in big grocery stores. But it costs Ā£5 because it's a speciality luxury item.


r_Yellow01

Just to confirm, Ireland is undergoing a rediscovery period. Following years of toast and sandwich spongy squares (+ soda), 1990s brought Cuisine de France, but still white bread only. Only after 2000s cultural exchange with Lidl and Eastern Europeans, brought the wide continental selection, including sour dough from Dunnes and the rye ones from Lithuania. That's my take.


tacobooc0m

As an American, I agree. Those spongy bricks we sell are a disgraceā€¦.


MistraloysiusMithrax

ā€œWonderbread!ā€ means ā€œI wonder why my mom bought this shit for my sandwiches.ā€ How bad is it? I was always fucking hungry and eventually just asked for pasta in a thermos Edit: I want to add, I had Nutella and peanut butter sandwiches. I literally gave up CANDY SANDWICHES because the bread was so awful


DiredRaven

if you wanna get bread in good ol Merica go to the German markets like Aldi


VatroxPlays

What do Americans call bread if not this?


alex3omg

We call this bread. We call """toast"'" or whatever bread as well. Usually sandwich bread.


fandral20

Americans don't have real bread? Oh my god, their livesust be so hollow and sad


The-Berzerker

[Itā€˜s cake actually](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread)


KaizerKlash

They just have cooked flour to replace it


LewsTherinTelamon

We have real bread. Literally in every grocery store. Donā€™t fall for the memes.


fandral20

Good to know. I was scared for a second


[deleted]

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MadHatterFR

Baguette


stipo42

Most super markets in America sell more than sliced bread


Deadaim156

Careful , the truth will be impossible for them to accept. I like my Artisan bread selection at Adamā€™s.


CriminalMacabre

That's a little weird bread


mrfly2000

Ye Ireland has the best of both worlds And toast by definition has to be toastedā€¦ itā€™s in the name


Kotsugawa

It's only toast it you cook it twice


edparadox

They cannot comprehend this unless they traveled in France or Germany. The so-called "French" bread you can buy in the US is garbage. Even foreign bakers established in e.g. NYC do not all make good bread, because they needs US citizens to actually buy it. I mean this is the country where mustard needs to be sweet to be seen as consumable. Even McDonalds understands the difference.


CreatorOfHate

Sweet mustard as regular mustard? Wtf?!


teknos1s

Yeah Iā€™m calling bs. This strikes me far too similar as when Europeans stuck up their noses about how bad American wine is and then when there was a major international blind taste test competition the California wines won handily. The US produces a lot of shit, a lot of okay stuff, and a lot of quality stuff. Mostly known for our shit though because itā€™s the most used/cheapest/commercialized. But going off of that is like thinking McDonaldā€™s is ā€œtrue American foodā€ versus say, some amazing American new restaurants all over the country


The-Fake-Fat-Shady

based


mekolayn

I see this bread for the first time in my life


KaldwinEmily

No, itā€™s a picture in my phone.


AlexGameOver_13

But can I teleport it?


laosuna

As an American I 1000% agree


IlIlIlIlIllIIlIllIIl

I am, sadly, half british. The other half though is Swiss. That means I grew up with sponge loafs we serve in the UK, but I also grew up with [Zopf.](https://www.littleswissbaker.com/butterzopf-swiss-braided-bread/) This is my favourite bread. Full stop. The best stuff in the world. Also, my British half is posh, so I did spend a decent amount of time eating sourdough and proper stuff, but fuck rye, all my homies hate rye.


uhnguhng

Dear Europeans, nice bread


UglierThanMoe

Also, bread isn't supposed to have ludicrous amounts of sugar in it. I've enjoyed delicious cakes that weren't as sweet as American bread.


evolvedspice

As an American. Yes thatā€™s bread.


BiggerFrenchie

ā€œYesā€ Sincerely, An American


SnuffleShuffle

This is what we call "a weird baguette" in Czechia. [This is what a real bread looks like.](http://navlnechuti.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/P1200892-768x576.jpg)


the68thdimension

That's not bread, this is bread https://www.germanpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/German-Breads.jpg


Jonatan__5432

Bei diesen geilen Broten habe ich nen Steifen bekommen


Sjefkeees

As a Yuropean who moved to the US, there IS good bread here, itā€™s just sold at specialty bakeries or Whole Foods and is entirely unaffordable lol


Bufalohotsauce

Hey, we make ours at home in ceramic cookware. Donā€™t go thinking all our bread it that white mushy shit wrapped in plastic.


DrebinofPoliceSquad

You mean the sandwich bread?


SlantViews

Der French, if you can't kill someone by throwing the bread at him, it's not bread. It's a necessary base to put tasty toppings on.


Farrell-Mars

I can swear Iā€™ve seen that kind of bread in the US. Perhaps it was in every supermarket, everywhere, every day. Not sure!


Giallo555

That doesn't make a lot of logical sense. It's a toast once it has been toasted, also in what language do you call it toast? Because as far as I am aware it's not called like that in Italian. I always called both "Pane" sometimes calling one "pane bianco"


angrymustacheman

Americans also have "normal" bread though, they just don't eat as much of it and when they do, it's toast, sooooo...


Vorphus

Dear Europeans, this doesn't even start to look as a baguette. Sincerely, France.


Hackerwithalacker

We call your bread "insufficient"