The Innovation of Sliced Bread

But I want to get back to the original topic.

In quite a few German supermarkets there is store-baked bread. These are loaves of bread from industrial bakeries that are deep-frozen before baking. In the supermarket, these loaves are baked in electric ovens.

This way there is always freshly baked bread in the market. But of course this bread is not sliced. That's why you can find a machine like this one in many markets:

 

Exactly the same deal as in this part of Canada -- but here, in premium-priced supermarkets only. The lowly peasants have to eat the products of "Big Bread."

 

Part 2

And the domestic giants are uniformly awful.

There are two big companies that produce varieties with better ingredients, but poorly done. Your 14-grain or flax-and-oatmeal loaf will be spongy - but spotted with birdseed - or what tastes like it, anyway. None of the "big guys" has a clue. Some even bastardize nonsensical Euro-sounding names, e.g. "D'Italiano." Stuff that no self-respecting European would go near. If you want the real stuff (or even near-real) you have to be careful where you go and what you pick. But thankfully, it's there.

And kudos to the Portuguese. I like their bread too. Many Portuguese - and their bakeries - here. Bom trabalho! (Well Done!)

 

And Polish Zakopianski, too. Wspaniały smak! (Wonderful taste!)

 

Every Friday eve we have one of my favored breads.
Challah.
Challah is a yeast bread that is enriched with eggs.

In general I make my own bread.

 

Good for you, Lerner. I've seen Challah in local supermarkets, but only occasionally. Perhaps to coincide with the major Jewish Holy Days.

 

Very nice! Do you think my Lidl and Aldi stores will entertain my requests to install such machines?<3

 

One of our fondest memories of our travels through France was the daily ritual of buying (and eating) bread from a boulangerie in each town we visited. We got the idea from (what else?) all the locals walking home with their loaves sticking up from their shopping bags.

Of the places I've visited on this Earth, the town that reminded my most of my hometown was Nice, France. I wonder if the University of Monaco is hiring?

 

Wow! How many nude beaches does your home town have, Rich?

From Google:

"Laurent-Eze is widely considered Nice's best and busiest nude beach and is just a short drive east of the city's downtown core. The beach's pebble facade is a unique experience that is not as busy as some other beaches around the city. Enjoy a day trip to this beach and dip your toes into something a little different."

 

Maybe I'd better just stick with bread. I know more about bread than I do about nude beaches ... I think.

 

That's quite possible. However, in Germany these machines are much more common in Lidl stores than in Aldi stores.

But there might be a problem. I don't know if there is a version of this machine approved for the US market.

Typical American bread slicers work on a different technical principle. With these, many blades are arranged evenly on a bar and all slices are cut at the same time. This has the advantage of being faster, but the disadvantage is that the thickness of the slices cannot be changed.

 

The same as Nice: one.