Side question: Why do people buy baguettes? Do they make sandwiches with them? How do you even make a sandwich from them? How are you meant to beat a baguette????
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The sandwich bread is mass produced, baked in racks of loaf pans, designed to give very consistent and convenient slices for making sandwiches.
The second pic is the way many people prefer to bake a more rustic loaf. The dough is just placed on a flat sheet, so there's much more crust, and it can just rise however it does. It's less convenient for sandwiches.
No baguettes aren't used for sandwiches, they're used to serve bread with the meal. If you're eating dinner, you don't really want a slice of sandwich bread, you want something more convenient to hold in your hand, dip in you pasta sauce, or whatever. Plus it has a higher ratio of crust to insides, which can be nice.
Edit: I replied to someone who corrected me, but apparently baguettes are very much used for sandwiches, I've just never seen it. Apparently I'm an ignorant American.
My jambon-beurre begs to differ
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Apparently it's just not a thing where I am. I've seen them used for little hors d'oeuvre things, but not for a meal-type sandwich.
I stand corrected.
Baguettes are bomb sandwich bread. Ask France.
Or Vietnam!
Sooo French colonialism?
Correct, but with hard workers instead of French people
Now I'm curious, what did you think the baguette was used for?
Where I am, they're very often cut into rounds and served with a meal.
Decoration, apparently. Or a fashion accessory, maybe.
Bicycling with it under the arm 😁
I'd say that they are great for making sandwiches tho
Uh what? Guess you have never been to France?
I have not and stand corrected
I cut a mini baguette lengthwise and used it to make a Vegemite sandwich.
Don't tell the French, I don't want to be Rainbow Warrior'd
I make some Marmite sandwiches, just to annoy the Aussies.
Now I want some Vegemite sandwich, even though I just had lunch.
It will be our secret
We use normal bread (pic 2) for sandwiches all the time. It's been years since I've had industry toast (pic 1) and only in times of desperation.
Open top sandwiches with bread 2 are basically two thirds of my food pyramid.
They are.
https://www.lamiecaline.com/categorie-de-produits/nos-sandwichs/
I make my own sandwich bread, and it's far nicer than the bought stuff. Yeast based, not sourdough but that's fine too. I use a tin for those. They're generally more wet - about 70% hydration. They'd be fine not in a tin but would be flatter, and would benefit from chilling.
I also make "rustic" loaves which are drier and stiffer about 60% and are firm enough to not need a pan at all.
That bread looks amazing. Respect!