to wish sourdough would go away?

[Turtleyturtles]

Sourdough is still everwhere in cafes and restauants. Why? It's either tough or crunchy in a bad way. It's often riddled with holes. Butter doesn't work well on it, what with all the craters. It's not a nice base for things on toast, it's even worse untoasted. Nasty scratchy bread. Why can't we have normal, fresh bread/toast back on the menu? Cafes advertise it on the menu like it's a good thing. Smashed avo on sourdough. GET IT OFF THE SOURDOUGH and put it on decent toast. Even a slice of Warburtons would better. I found a dank, soggy, tasteless piece sinking into my soup in a restaurant last night. Weird. Rant over.

keep sourdough.

bin brioche.

in the supermarket most of the rolls are brioche. There’s only Sheldon’s really and maybe one supermarket offering that’s not.

Totally agree it's either dry , tough as old boots or chewy.

It’s almost always fucking stale as well. Because the kind of weird fetishists who make and sell it are so convinced it’s a work of art - rather than a loaf of bread - that they’ll proudly display it in a window for two days and then sell it to some poor sap like it’s a precious jewel. If I wanted my gums gashed to pieces I’d save my money and chew on a light bulb.

There is sourdough with soft and good tastes if you have not tried. Not all Sourdough is like that and better for your health compare to supermarket ones (warburtons incl)

I'm really enjoying this thread. I'm glad it's not just me being grumpy about trendy bread. And as PP have said, it's not a choice between sourdough and pappy white UPF sliced. If it were a choice though, I'd have my scrambled eggs on toasted UPF and yes I do have my own teeth.

The soup I had last night in a restaurant was odd. Fish soup. I asked the waiter for some bread when I realised he hadn't brought any and he said "It's in the soup". IN THE SOUP! He wasn't kidding. It was a small piece of sourdough lying low in the bottom of my soup, hidden. Moist, but still chewy. This was not croutons in case you are wondering and I know you are. So I said "Can I have some extra bread please?" A tiny slice arrived. No butter. I left it at that, the man was busy. I'm not a monster. What Is The World Coming To though when people are dropping bread into soup and hiding it?

Sourdough needs to be submerged in soup so you can actually chew it.

Oh, of course! Thanks. I was wondering if it's possible to melt salt. Silly me.

I eat wholemeal sourdough all the time because its ingredients are organic wholemeal flour, salt and water. Nothing else. No sugar, no added yeast, they haven't had to re-add all the vitamins they've stripped out of the flour. It is bread as it should be.

I admit, I love all kinds of bread but many of them are refined white flour and not very good for you.

Sorry but I much prefer sourdough. So much better texture/substance/flavour. Not to mention better health wise, less additives etc.

This.

A Reuben certainly not your bag then. All that fermented food!

Agree. It’s shite. it feels and tastes like hard playdough. Brioche can also get in the bin. Tastes and feels like an unsatisfying sugary cloud. It’s like the bread version of cotton candy. Yuck. Normal bread is fine.

I think so too and it toasts well. I like that it sometimes has little craters because it catches the butter in them and the bread doesn’t go soggy or fall apart.

I like the tang and the texture and that when eating it it doesn’t stick to the roof of my mouth like the softer breads.

I like toasting it and putting cream cheese and a bit of plum jam on it.

Oh God, now we’re NASILTing on MN. It’s officially a cult.

Omg AGREE!

Homemade focaccia is delicious. A local bakery also does a Japanese milk bread, but I think the brioche haters would hate it too!

I heard the 'sourdough is good' blurb on line. Thought I'd try it. Bought a roll from the most posh shop in town. I couldn't cut it or even make a dent with my bread knife. Moved to the carving knife. Nope. Sharpened the carving knife. Still wouldn't make a dent in it. DH got the electric saw out of his shed. Broke two blades. Fucking £4.50 loaf went in the bin.

I love Gails’ sourdough! And yes, I like it chewy, and slightly sour! I also really enjoy a lovely super dark rye bread, the ones that are sort of mahogany coloured! Can’t stand pappy, flavourless bread. Not supposed to have gluten but if I’m careful, I can have the odd slice of sourdough, but if I try to eat regular bread my stomach will turn itself inside out to get rid of it.

There is sourdough and there is sour dough. Vast differences in taste, quality and price

Besides the gluten thing .Maybe they are making a better profit margin out of it than ordinary white bread

Brioche burgers.l don't think so.

Totally agree re the sourdough - thick sliced white bloomer for me, please!

Have to disagree re the hate for brioche. I love a brioche burger bun. I find normal buns too “claggy” to chew. And a brioche bun with bacon in is bloody lovely, slight hint of sweet from the bun goes really well with the saltiness of the bacon. Add in some scoops of avocado and it’s a perfect weekend lunch 😋

I quite like sourdough, but I do think you raise some good points.

I have to rethink some things now..

It tastes like goats smell. And as a vegetarian that is not appealing.

There's some delicious sourdough out there and some nasty stuff, but the same is true of ordinary yeasty bread.

You really have to pick and choose to find the good breads these days. A lot of it looks scrumptious but has very little taste and disappointing texture.

I enjoy many types of bread but find that sourdough, in practice, is just too tough and chewy for me. Also, many of the artisan bakeries just overbake it - I've seen some shockingly brown/burnt loaves on sale for a small fortune.

Sourdough has robbed me of a dental crown and cost me a lot of dosh.

I agree with pps on here - are the sourdough fans really unaware of how many other types of lovely bread are available??? So many of them seem to think it's sourdough or white sliced!!

Not the ones we get.