Wal-Mart French bread.

[bilmac]

I was poking around on another site the other day and say another guy extolling the virtues of Wal-Mart french bread. Now that I don't feel like the lone ranger I will say that this stuff made me like bread again. Put some meat and butter and maybe a little mustard between a couple slices of this stuff and it is roll your eyes good.

 Unsliced, in a plastic bag,not the paper, if you can find it that way.

[yellowtail3]

Cheap, too, at 1.60 locally... lots of spices/salt on top. Just had some.

[subdjoe]

A lot of the Wal-Mart stuff is pretty good.  Their house brand ground coffee is as good as any of the major brands, and better than some.  They used to have a 100% Arabica that would stack up against any of the fancy premium brands.

[bilmac]

Wal-Mart branded peanut butter is made by Peter Pan. When they recalled Peter Pan peanut butter, all the Wal-Mart stuff went too.

[Lloyd Smale]

Want the best sandwich in the world. take a chunk of half frozen venison and slice it real thin with a razor knife fry it with real butter along with onions and mushrooms and peppers if you like them and split a loaf of french bread and on both halfs put america and cheddar cheese or any other cheese you like and nuke the bread just long enough for the cheese to start melting. then pile on the meat mixture. I guarantee youll start putting alot of your venison away for doing this.

[Bob Riebe]

Cheap, too, at 1.60 locally... lots of spices/salt on top. Just had some.

Down to a buck a loaf now, but due to lack of preservatives if molds up QUICKLY.
They used to put it in paper bags with cellophane and it did not mold so fast but with the current plastic bags I often just let it sit on counter un-bagged till it dries the crust a bit.
Lasts much longer.

[Bob Riebe]

Cheap, too, at 1.60 locally... lots of spices/salt on top. Just had some.

Down to a buck a loaf now, but due to lack of preservatives if molds up QUICKLY.
They used to put it in paper bags with cellophane and it did not mold so fast but with the current plastic bags I often just let it sit on counter un-bagged till it dries the crust a bit.
Lasts much longer.

I tried some Pumpernickel bread from a bakery, genuine, not grocery store.
I was down to two slices, and I forgot about it in the bread box, still in original paper bag, I used those two slices after they sat there for a month, and NO MOLD.
I wonder if it was the ingredients or the type of chemicals that make Wonder Bread mold free for a long, long, long time.

[Mule 11]

Want the best sandwich in the world. take a chunk of half frozen venison and slice it real thin with a razor knife fry it with real butter along with onions and mushrooms and peppers if you like them and split a loaf of french bread and on both halfs put america and cheddar cheese or any other cheese you like and nuke the bread just long enough for the cheese to start melting. then pile on the meat mixture. I guarantee youll start putting alot of your venison away for doing this.

Sounds pretty damned good loyd. How many of those talking about Wally World bread here do you think have a chunk of deer?

[Ranger99]

I've seen it everywhere, but never
bought any of it. I figured it was
good because they sell it out pretty
quickly.

[billy_56081]

A lot of the Wal-Mart stuff is pretty good.  Their house brand ground coffee is as good as any of the major brands, and better than some.  They used to have a 100% Arabica that would stack up against any of the fancy premium brands.

I'm a fan of their coffee too.

The Walmart brand Spam is superior to the real deal too in my book.

[Lloyd Smale]

well im changing my tune on it. Used to be a good sized loaf that made for good sub sandwiches. Last couple time we bought it the wife picked up the order in the parking lot and the loaf wasnt much bigger around then a rolling pin.

[Bob Riebe]

She grabbed a French Loaf, not Italian Loaf.
The French ones are long and skinny by design.

[Mule 11]

She grabbed a French Loaf, not Italian Loaf.
The French ones are long and skinny by design.

Probably asked for French. Italian is much bigger and no difference in ingredients. At least at Wally World. I made a steak sandwich tonight with a hoagie bun because that was the closest thing I had and grilled onions. Didn’t have any peppers as they were under the mask lock down and I only bend over so far. Melted mozzarella on it with mayo. Pretty damned good. Oh yeah thin sliced back strap seared in butter. Wonder who got me hungry for that one?

[ironglows]

  Due to this thread, I bought a couple loaves of French bread from WW.  Maybe it is just my nearest WW, but I am not impressed.
   They do have some good sourdough bread though !

[Bob Riebe]

I prefer the Italian over the French.
I would bet money they are the same dough just baked to proper size.

Walmart bread is as close to home made bread as you will find nowadays.
Up here dedicated bakeries either stopped making old style bread or add crap to it just like commercial brands.
You have drive tens of miles , if you are lucky, to find one.
If you do not  use it in short order or let the loaf dry a bit and seal it in plastic , it WIll mold QUICKLY.
Those white paper bags some bakeries still use work OK, better than plastic.

[Lloyd Smale]

make meat ball subs last night. Took the loaf out of the fridge that had been in there just 4 days and it was moldy so i tossed it. Grabed another out of the freezer and took some meatballs and simmered them in hunts pizza sause and took the bread buttered it with garlic butter and toasted it in the oven a bit then put fried onion, mushrooms, pepperoni and moz cheese on it and put it back in the oven till the cheese melted and ladled on the meat balls. MESSY but real good.