16 hours drive west....There is an island that serves it up.

But for the serious guys who might be insulted by this reply. Try coop again.
Not all coops are the same in their supply and I use that spongy stuff to cook up a great French toast. (great after a night on the piss)

Maple syrup....Migros (kinda pricy)
Pancake mix ...Migros
Great Peanut butter ...coop
Dr. Pepper....coop
Brownie mix...migro
US FILET... Migro....130.00sfr/kg...(ouch)
Great surf....(8 hours drive...Biaritz)

Good luck.

erik

Zürich to Biarritz in 8 hrs ....

Im with you Tiger and just wish i could have a nice piece of soft thick toast or a squidgy fresh sandwich.....yum yum. I have found as others have said that the Sammy American loaf is the nearest as long as you eat it within 5 secs of getting home...I think its only natural that we miss some of our favourite things from back home...wherever that is and whoever you are.......Im flying back home to Liverpool on sat for a week would you like me to bring you a big thick juicy loaf...haha

that recipe is no Thasevi's Best Roti Prata in Jalan Kayu. Endure 40 days to go and I'm off to food nirvana.

Sorry, I haven't been venturing out for the kaya spread, I remember seeing them somewhere in one of the asian shops in Bern.

Rather surprisingly, Terminal 3 in Changi Airport has VERY good roti prata. It's up in the first floor, you look down on the Ferrari store if I remember correctly. Perfect to get the final fix before take-off...

This might annoy LordMonkey, but here's an easy recipe for Kaya spread:

http://argusworld.blogspot.com/2007/...playmates.html


Be sure to cook it on low heat or it might curdle (unless you like lumpy kaya!) or, better still, use a double boiler.

They have now started selling pre-sliced white bread. Not fresh and spongy like the op requested, but it tastes ok, especially with lots of butter on!

HI all...

I know what you mean in the US our bread is really soft and (for lack of a better word) fresher. The way the bread was sold in Germany is what we get from the bread stores that sale week old bread.

I complained about it often to my husband (who doesn't like US bread because he says it is sweet).

When I moved to Switzerland I actually found the bread to be a bit less hard and stale to my taste.



When I moved to Europe (Germany) I had to adjust to a lot of things..
Like there was no already made cake mixes (betty crocker) or self rising flour, or cornbread mix that you just added the eggs and such.

I had to actually learn to make everything from scratch. I now prefer to cook it from scratch...
(I even learned to make my own Cornbread from scratch)

So you may actually like making your own bread... For fluffy here are a few tricks..

More than required yeast
separate eggs
whip egg whites until fluffy and fold them in batter



If not ... Do you have a microwave
Sometimes you can soften it in the microwave...

Another solution is if you speak to a private baker and explain what you want he may be able to make it for you for a price...

Hope any of these ideas will be helpful

Thankyou! Mi Goreng, by Indo Mie was a staple of mine back in Australia. It was one of the sections of the food pyramid, meat and .. uh, just meat and mi goreng Glad to have found it again!

Hallelujah I have finally found bad for you large loaf stodgy soft white sliced bread in Coop and it compares to the cheapest of cheap bread in the UK - I can confirm I have just had the best bacon butty since moving here

It's in Coop in a smallish loaf (but large slices) and is called Sandwich (surprisingly) and has american flag graphics - for all those missing a proper chip, sausage or bacon butty get to coop pronto (sorry you'll have to wait until tomorrow!)

Nicky

Rarely buy the stuff but do happen to have a loaf of the stuff in the kitchen this very moment. Couldn't help myself, had a grilled ham and cheese urge the other day..

... unless you come through Neuchâtel today and stop at the Coop at the train station , they're open on Sundays, but I haven't got a clue whether they sell THAT bread there so.

I rarely eat bread these days but saw it the other day, squeezed it and it didn't feel like card board so thought i'd give it a go and bingo - a now very happy husband

Oh yes you did point it out before me. Well done. Some extra rep for you is deserved my girl. My bad.
Called "Backerland".

HB

told ya

I recently found the the St. Annahof Coop has about 4 or 5 squishy sliced breads. and they have a nice one that is squishy with whole grains too! The one we have bought a few times now is made by Barilla (the pasta company), and it is called, Mulino Bianco, Pan Bauletto ai 5 Cereali e Soia. We have had a few delightful grilled cheese (with Cheddar of course) sandwiches and think we have died and gone to heaven!

I almost fainted in the bakery at Obi in Germany. We selected a fresh 6 grain bread, and the woman helping us as if we wanted it sliced. Hubby answered no. No? Why no? Yes, please, sliced I said. I wanted to see how this was going to happen. Hubby was not amused.

So the bakery lady opens this door of this rather large machine behind the counter, drops the bread in, there is a lot of noise, maybe 30 seconds, finally the noise stops, she opens the door, and voilà, sliced bread. Amazing. The slices were a bit thin. I'll have to go back and see if there is another setting.

The bakery is called Kupfer, located at the front of Obi in Waldshut-Tiengen.

The bread was very tasty and it was fresh. They also have excellent cheescake.

Personally, I don't get the whole freak out over not having sliced bread, but OK, to each there own.

I do remember at the supermarkets in Brussels they had these machines. You choose your bread from the bins and then if you want it sliced you have do it yourself. You put in your bread the machine & well you know the rest! lol.

It too made rather thin slices and no other setting.

Well it has never bothered me except that it seems some members of my family can't slice bread any way but unevenly.

The only reason I posted on an old thread was just to say that it is possible to get fresh sliced bread and in my case it is just 20 minutes from my house.

I prefer to tear off hunks of bread. I think it annoys my (American) mother-in-law when she visits, so I try to adapt.