>>21413837
Is this one of those situations where someone who doesn't know any better considers his bread firm or crusty when it's actually neither because Walmart can't bake for shit? I live in a different state but have lived in PA for a long while and the only part that eats chewy bread at all is the southeast and even there, it pales in insignificance compared to the number of sales of bagged supermarket bread. As for pretzels and bagels, bro, my mother is Swiss. Laugengebäck all day.
I like bagels and Philly pretzels okay but they're not the same as what you get in CH. Believe it or not? In America, fucking ghetto-ass Lidl has the most German-style breads I've seen here. Yes, even in NY or PA. The pretzels are almost exactly what you'd get in Germanic Europe as are the bagels. The baguettes, while not quite what you'd get in Switzerland or France, are surprisingly good. Better than most baguettes I've had here and for only a fraction the price. If you're willing to shell out a tenner for a loaf, sure, you can get bread exactly like what you'd find in a Parisian bakery but for $2 per, the ones at Lidl are so good that the $8 additional paid for the better one is far beyond the point of diminishing returns.
>>21413833
Crumbly != dense. I've got a great biscuit recipe, if you want it, but it's very high in butter so not "dry" in mouthfeel but it's definitely very, very crumbly.
