Favorite bread?

[Flaxbee]

So, if you had to choose one type, and one type only, to eat for a year - no straying to other breads - what would it be? And why?

And what to go with it? Olive oil and balsamic vinegar? Brie? Peanut butter?

There are sooo many different kinds, I realize the choices I offer are pretty limited. So please talk to me about bread! YUM! :hi:

[noamnety]

1. other: samoon

We've had it almost every day for years. My waistline's in the unfortunate position of being within walking distance of a place with a kiln so I can buy it hot.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/inside_iraq_weblog/2008/02/love-at-first-b.html

[Flaxbee]

2. that sounds almost impossible to resist

I *looove* bread. Hm. Will have to seek some out and try it!

[noamnety]

4. resistance is futile

I don't know why it's so addicting.

The worst part is that it's versatile, too - good plain, with butter and tomato, with oil and zaatar, with brie, or as a regular sandwich.

[Kali]

3. sourdough

butter


I could still have corn tortillas, right? RIGHT??

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Fry bread

Even better when you make it into an "Indian taco"

[yellowdogintexas]

6. other: Central Market Rosemary Bread. Seriously good stuff

elevates an ordinary ham and swiss sandwich to elegant heights.

not bad with roast beast or turkey either.

[AwakeAtLast]

7. Marble rye

Twisted Rye with Pumpernickel - oooohhh is it good!

:9

Truthfully I haven't met a bread I didn't like, but that's what I like best.

[LeftyMom]

8. For what application?

I'd use totally different breads for say, an appetizer prior to Italian food, than for making a sandwich, but I don't necessarily like one better than the other.

[Kali]

14. ...

"So, if you had to choose one type, and one type only, to eat for a year - no straying to other breads - what would it be?"

the only that for a year - I missed it at first too.

[tango-tee]

9. That's a hard question to answer,

because I like to get different breads to go with what I cook, or for various sandwich toppings.

There's one that I like all by itself while it's still warm, just with some butter: It's a whole wheat baguette with little pieces of dried tomato and chopped black olives in the dough. Goood!

[Flaxbee]

10. anybody else?

Our local grocery store has some really very good naan & I think that's what I need today. Don't think I could ever choose just one...

[bluethruandthru]

11. Naan! n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Great Harvest Bread Company...

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...used to make a jalapeno-Cheddar round loaf that was filled
with so many HUGE chunks of good Cheddar that each slice was
a sandwich all by itself.
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Don't see it on their current menu.
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Otherwise, a fairly soft HIGH-fiber multi-grain for all-purpose
bread -- Milton's is fairly high in fiber and delicious.
.

[proteus_lives]

13. Love Naan.

And Indian food in general.

[Odin2005]

30. Never tried it, but I've seen it before. It's like pita bread, right?

[proteus_lives]

32. But crispier usually.

It's great for dipping into meat, sauce and rice.

[noamnety]

38. There was a place near me

that made naan with methi leaves. That was the best thing ever. They changed management and took that off the menu, but when it was there, I could have happily eaten that every day.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Artisan bread with red pepper hummus or brie.

[hippywife]

16. Other: Any and all.

I have to really watch it or I would kill myself eating bread. I could live on it alone, but probably not for very long. :hi:

[tigereye]

17. ciabatta

[Dr Morbius]

18. Um, no thanks.

There is no one kind of bread I'd eat for a year, without variation.

I like WAY too many different kinds of bread for that, and I bore too easily.

Pillsbury has an Italian bread you bake yourself for about 35 minutes, and if you brush it with butter first and sprinkle on some Italian herbs, it's freaking amazingly good. For something that was in a refrigerated can less than an hour ago, anyway. The keys are making it crusty, with either butter or olive oil before baking; and the herbs (oregano, basil).

If one of your choices was "fresh" with no other qualifications, I'd take it. Fresh pita bread: awesome. Fresh rye or pumpermickel: great. Fresh French or Italian: wonderful. Fresh bagels: sign me up. Fresh bread of almost any kind, and I jump on it. Most grocery breads, not fresh, and not all that good.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. HEB's Artisan Asiago Bread.

Very nummy.

[madinmaryland]

20. Any freshly baked bread. Still warm!!

Mmmmmm!

[bigwillq]

21. Rye (Nt)

[GoCubsGo]

22. Focaccia

Just the plain version topped with olive oil, rosemary and a little coarse salt. Of course, it would be even better if used in a pesto, tomato and provolone panini.

[old mark]

23. Can't eat it - Atkins low carb. But I love pita from a Lebanese grocery

and restaurant in Allentown, and I really love the Za'atar, a larger pita with olive oil and herbs on top.


mark

[Moondog]

24. I have a Zojirushi automatic breadmaker. (Yeah, I know, I know)

All the same, I have one. And some automatic breadmaker recipes that I've picked up off the web, and out of a couple of cheapo Automatic Breadmaker Recipe Books.

This thing is great! It does all kinds of stuff. To include that you can load the thing up, set an internal timer, and the bread is finished just as you are getting up in the morning. The smell alone is wonderful. It tastes wonderful. No preservatives. It will even make pizza dough. Oh, the Banana Bread is to die for ....

[Duer 157099]

25. It depends on whether I have to make it myself

If I have to make it, then plain ole french/sourdough.

If someone delivers it to me weekly, then Orowheat Oatnut with Seeds. Must be the "with seeds" version, it's the sunflower seeds that make this extra good, imho.

[av8rdave]

26. David Gates et al

OK, dated and only tolerable in small doses, but hey...

[Blue-Jay]

27. A marble rye that I stole from some old bag on the street.

[applegrove]

28. Nothing like french bread and butter. That is what I miss most on this atkins diet.

[Odin2005]

29. SOURDOUGH!!! Awesome! With brauschweiger spread on it.

Top it with sharp cheddar and you have a nice meal.

[Arugula Latte]

31. Other: Money

Funny how "bread" and "dough" both mean money.

:)

[Tabasco_Dave]

33. Wonder Bread

:hide:

[struggle4progress]

34. I'm really partial to those dark dense european bricks that are about

2" x 4" x 6" and weigh a pound: a thin slice of that with some cheese, tomato, and beer goes down nice

[blogslut]

35. I dig a nice hunk of baguette

And my favorite thing is to layer on Roquefort or Gorgonzola, sliced plum tomatoes and fresh Basil leaves, toast it and gobble it up.

[Paladin]

36. Gotta Love Naan. May Try To Bake Some. (n/m)

[Rhythm]

37. Pepperoni roll

[tblue]

39. Bagels, raisin bread, biscuits, and homemade any kind!

Impossible to choose just one.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

40. croissants. I love them, but I rarely eat them.