Where can I get decent bread in central Brixton?

[malice]

Apparently the bread they sell in Honest foods is from the Blackbird bakery, and is slightly cheaper at honest foods - not by much I guess, but a little bit. I don't think they stock much though, as it was sold out when I went in, but worth a try if you are brixton based and fancy some gentrified bread.

Though my vote goes to the brown twisty loaf with lots of poppy seeds on at the portuguese deli.

 

[Ms T]

I can't believe someone would pay 2 pound 50 for a loaf of bread

'kin ell

What's wrong with tesco bread from their bakery then?

People like me, you mean.

I admit it - I is well poncy.

Anyway, horses for courses, innit, zenie? I don't spend money on drugs, I do food instead.

 

[Dan U]

I can't believe someone would pay 2 pound 50 for a loaf of bread

'kin ell

What's wrong with tesco bread from their bakery then?

and then moan about the gentrification of the area on other threads

 

[Cowley]

This thread is ridiculous. How about buying bread from a f*ckin shop!!!

I wonder if such threads like this exist on the East Dulwich & Herne Hill Forums.......

 

[Orang Utan]

This thread is ridiculous. How about buying bread from a f*ckin shop!!!

What shops though? That's why I ask. Most shops just sell shitty sliced Sunblest crap and decent bread costs £2.50 at the supermarket.

 

[gabi]

Only on U75 could bread be attacked for being too gentrified.

Too true

 

[Cowley]

What shops though? That's why I ask. Most shops just sell shitty sliced Sunblest crap and decent bread costs £2.50 at the supermarket.

What's decent bread? Walnut Bread? Pain de Campagne? Farmers Market "Urban Village Living Experience" Special Exclusive Bread? A loaf of Kingsmill is what a quid. You can get it from Tesco or Sainsburys...what's wrong with that?

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't like it anymore

 

[newbie]

A loaf of Kingsmill is what a quid. You can get it from Tesco or Sainsburys...what's wrong with that?

1 the taste
2 the texture
3 the nutritional content
4 the very idea, dahling


does it cost that much? a large granary from Tesco is 94p

 

[Kanda]

I can't believe someone would pay 2 pound 50 for a loaf of bread

'kin ell

What's wrong with tesco bread from their bakery then?

But you'd pay over the odds for some shoes or something wouldn't you???

If you liked them enough??

Whereas you could get shoes a fuckton cheaper??

 

[Kanda]

And the reason your nappy white bread last longer is cos of the amount of shit they put in it

 

[editor]

A loaf of Kingsmill is what a quid.

You can get a delicious loaf of freshly baked bread for 85p from the Portuguese deli that will kick that soggy bag of chemical Kingsmill shit into the dustbin.

 

[Cowley]

But you'd pay over the odds for some shoes or something wouldn't you???

If you liked them enough??

Whereas you could get shoes a fuckton cheaper??

Ah come on, you pay good money for a pair of quality shoes and you can wear em for life.

Where as bread...you pay 2.50 a pop for an artisan loaf and it's here today gone tomorrow.

 

[Kanda]

Maybe Cowley, but maybe not.

I just find it ridiculous that someone asks for something other than nappy white starched to shit preserved bread, or something a bit different and is gentrifying Brixton

 

[Orang Utan]

Which is why I was asking about decent alternatives - such as the bread from the deli which is bigger, tastier and only 80p

 

[Kanda]

Sorry, I meant is accused of gentrifying... that's what's ridiculous.

 

[OpalFruit]

A loaf of Kingsmill is what a quid. You can get it from Tesco or Sainsburys...what's wrong with that?

It's not good for you. It's all made by some newfangled method called 'the chorleywood' method that enables them to 'bake' a loaf of bread in 15 mins, start to finish. It might fill you up but it isn't doing you much good as a nutritious food.

 

[zenie]

But you'd pay over the odds for some shoes or something wouldn't you???

If you liked them enough??

Whereas you could get shoes a fuckton cheaper??

But

It's BREAD not shoes!

I would never pay £2.50 for a loaf of bread, the thought of it makes me feel sick.

80p is ok though

 

[Orang Utan]

Bread is better than shoes
You can make shoes out of bread, but can you make bread out of shoes? I THINK NOT!

 

[zenie]

It's not good for you. It's all made by some newfangled method called 'the chorleywood' method that enables them to 'bake' a loaf of bread in 15 mins, start to finish. It might fill you up but it isn't doing you much good as a nutritious food.

Not all bread's made like this though is it?

 

[Orang Utan]

I would never pay £2.50 for a loaf of bread, the thought of it makes me feel sick.

Does paying £400 for a pair of shoes make you sick too?
£2.50 isn't a lot compared to other things - a bottle of wine costs around £4-5 and lasts you even less time

 

[Orang Utan]

Not all bread's made like this though is it?

All major brand sliced bread - Hovis, Sunblest, Kingsmill and own brand bread is

 

[zenie]

Does paying £400 for a pair of shoes make you sick too?
£2.50 isn't a lot compared to other things - a bottle of wine costs around £4-5 and lasts you even less time

yeh I wouldn't spend 400 on a pair of shoes though!

I'm quite flabbergasted that people would spend £2.50 on a loaf of bread in all honesty!

 

[Orang Utan]

But £2.50 is nowt - how much would you spend on your dinner? You may spend £2.50 on your veg, even more on your meat?

 

[zenie]

But £2.50 is nowt - how much would you spend on your dinner? You may spend £2.50 on your veg, even more on your meat?

Nah I dont, I guess I'm just more frugal or have a smaller disposable income than some.

 

[Kanda]

yeh I wouldn't spend 400 on a pair of shoes though!

I'm quite flabbergasted that people would spend £2.50 on a loaf of bread in all honesty!

But you would pay £40 for a pair of shoes when you could get a similar but not quite as lovely pair for 18 quid?? (bit more reasonable scale than the £400 example above)

 

[Ms T]

Nah I dont, I guess I'm just more frugal or have a smaller disposable income than some.

Or you're just not that interested in food and have different priorities? Nothing wrong with that, but neither is it wrong to spend £2.50 on a loaf of bread.

 

[tarannau]

You can be interested in food and still think £2.50 is excessive though.

Now, whilst I may not be a master baker, I know enough about the raw ingredient cost to know that £2.50 represents a hell of mark up on a standard loaf, way more than you'd expect in comparable goods. Now either these little bakeries are hugely inefficient or there are hidden operating costs that I can't comprehend.

I don't object to paying money for better food. I do object to paying well over the odds on what should be a decent staple product, nor a overpriced 'aspirational' speciality item.

 

[Kanda]

I don't object to paying money for better food. I do object to paying well over the odds on what should be a decent staple product, nor a overpriced 'aspirational' speciality item.

Then don't.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think it's excessive for bread but I don't baulk at it nor does the thought 'make me sick'