Does anyone seriously enjoy sourdough?

[SunshineAndFizz]

I just find the crust so tough and chewy. I always feel so undignified ripping a bite off like a wild animal, usually while the filling drops everywhere.

Posh, artisan type places seem to all love a bit of sourdough, I just don't get it. What am I missing?!!

I love sourdough. I recently made sour dough bagels and they were lovely. The starter is a bit of a faff though.

I love it toasted but not "raw" in a sandwich.

This made me laugh 😂

Exactly what I think, as they munch their crushed avocado on sourdough 🤢whats wrong with a good old bacon sarnie on sliced white bread 😊

Love it - not for a closed sandwich though.

Yes I too love sourdough, not supermarket sourdough, proper sourdough. Toasted and buttered preferably.

I also love proper wholemeal bread but it's almost impossible to find now. Proper weighty wholemeal bread. If anyone knows a source please do tell ... Since Cranks stopped doing it I can't find anything acceptable.

Exactly! Sourdough is such hard work to eat and has a weird aftertaste. But soda bread is the food of the gods and so easy to make.

This (except for the chilly flakes). I'm not sure about sandwiches, but for brunch things it's the best. It seems to be the healthiest bread too, but I find it hard to find in the shops and cooking yourself seems hugely complicted.

I love sourdough but it’s probably not the best choice of bread for a sandwich.

I absolutely love it, but best toasted with many of the lovely suggestions here.

I love sourdough toast, I like that it’s chewy.

Completely agree
UK is used to the pap UPF that is supermarket bread
Grim
I make my own and have avocado on toast, scrambled egg or with strong cheese, ham etc
It's like bread you get in france/ Germany-bread,butter, cheese, tomato on the side.
Sandwich " fillings" seem to be a UK thing

My sourdough starter is nurtured like a baby

I love a good sourdough but am very choosy. I like the ocado ready sliced. Soft enough for sandwiches when fresh and lovely toasted

Sourdough is delicious and should be worshipped.

I absolutely love it. Just bought a loaf to enjoy dipped in EVOO, balsamic vinegar and homemade dukkah 🤤

Sourdough is a thousand times better than the crap sliced standard loafs that supermarkets sell. Yes the rubbish in the shops is easier to use for sandwiches or toast but lets be honest it tastes of zilch, no matter wether it's Hovis, Warburtons or tesco value.

No. It's rock hard when toasted, like a spontex sponge untoasted and, to my palate at least, unpleasantly sour.

I've tried posh bakery stuff, made my own from sourdough starter and bought supermarket sourdough. I don't understand the hype.

The problem is "normal bread" from supermarkets in the UK which is awful. One of the things I love in Spain is the bread. NOT the bread from supermarkets specially in the costas, the bread in Madrid from hundred of small independent bakeries, baking it from masa madre. A small dough left to ferment before it's mixed with the bread dough. The result is a taste of pure heaven, crisp on the outside and so soft and light you can eat forever without needing butter or olive oil.

If you're German it's almost hard to live without.

Proper sourdough is fabulous. Not supermarket stuff though.

It's got to be really fresh for a sandwich, otherwise it needs toasting.

Absolutely love it and it makes great croutons for soup when it's not so fresh

It is delicious. But it's okay if you don't like it- more for the rest of us.

Horrible stuff. Give me thick white sliced any day.

Yack don't like it being sour

The only one I have tried I actually like is a wholemeal one from Tesco toasted. Sometimes on its own or poached egg on. Really nice for garlic bread as well.

I've tried some from independent bakeries but didn't like them for a sandwich or toasted.

I don't mind it, but it's not my favourite. My favourites are either rye bread or just a freshly baked white loaf with a burnt top 😋