Re: [london.food] Ciabatta and Baguettes

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Simon Wistow wrote:

> Speaking of baguettes I really hate piddlingly narrow ones but when I 
> was mooching round Chapel Street market on Saturday I had a sausage 
> sandwich from a stall that had truly massive baguettes - at least 6 
> inchease acorss. And damn were they delicious - a much softer crust, 
> slightly flatter and a paler colour than the bullet hard golden things 
> you get from supermarkets.

A couple of supermarkets will do French bread that's more like the bread
you get in France (still not the same, but not just plain crusty bread
that happens to be in a long thin shape). Safeways do this, for example.

--m

• [london.food] Ciabatta and Baguettes Simon Wistow 11:31 on 20 Apr 2004
  I seem to remember hearing a while back that Ciabatta was actually only
  • Re: [london.food] Ciabatta and Baguettes Martin Frost 11:44 on 20 Apr 2004
    A couple of supermarkets will do French bread that's more like the bread
• [london.food] Ciabatta and Baguettes KAY WISTOW A15 13:19 on 20 Apr 2004
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  • Re: [london.food] Ciabatta and Baguettes Lucy McWilliam 10:00 on 21 Apr 2004
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1730817.stm

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