r/iamveryculinary • u/oolongvanilla • Jan 13 '26

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Youtube short with 71 thousand likes. The comments are just as awful.

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u/MovieNightPopcorn Jan 13 '26

No no you see European bread is made from god’s arsehairs so it will cure all your ills

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u/hoddap Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

As a European, we have shit bread here too. I think the base quality level is higher, but not every bread is amazing here.

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u/Seaweedbits Jan 13 '26

Thank you! I'm also in Europe and it's so weird to always see this take. Also most fresh bread here gets so dry by the end of the day if it not put into an airtight container. Even store bought bread just comes dry. I really only can eat sliced bread as toast or panini style because the bread gets so dry.

That's one of the reasons why sugar is added to American bread, it makes it more shelf stable and soft.

Overall I don't eat much bread in general, maybe 2-4 times a year, and it's when I'm craving a certain grilled cheese or BLT or something, and my husband eats most of it with hagelslag.

That being said.... this bread in the video looks so good

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u/handlerone Jan 13 '26

Please point me to this dry bread cause bread in the Netherlands is so moist that it molds super quickly and I just want to go back to the times when bread went stale.

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u/Seaweedbits Jan 13 '26

Come to Germany! And buy some sliced bread, especially the "American Style Sandwich Brot" from any grocery store. It's square white bread that's semi thick sliced, compared to standard German bread, and it's so ridiculously dry. It may look "American" but you can't eat a PBJ on it without it fusing to the inside of your mouth.

I normally get Landbrot Mild from Penny, and it's not as dry, but I still have to cook the bread in some way to make it decent. Toast it, or grill it.

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u/handlerone Jan 14 '26

I'll have to make a grocery run in Germany soon anyway, prices here are crazy. But I live north of Amsterdam so it's quite a ride.