texasmesquite

Some where on the forums is another thread on history of breads. The question was asked, do we have any American Bread that was invented in America? Most breads in America has been adapted from other countries - mainly France. And, this question came up about - geez - what about America?

There is hope - We do have one type of bread that is exclusively American. It was invented in America. I bet you eat this type of bread probably every day and didn't realize it was invented here! The bread is a sliced pullman white loaf of bread. It was invented and first introduced to the American public with the name of Wonder Bread. This was the first introduction of sliced white pullman bread in America. There hadn't been any other bread of this type introduced before Wonder Bread. Wonder Bread is also credited with being the first to introduce sliced bread.

BakerMum

I do not know of anything exclusively American, but I do know that the typical, store bought loaf over here is very different from anything I have ever had. Between British, French, and German breads, nothing was as sweet, or as soft as bread is here.

I do not like that personally. Bread for a savoury sandwich should not be sweet; sweet is for cakes. And it should hold together well enough that I can spread it with butter. The stuff I buy here falls apart! Never experienced that before.

So it might just be adapted from other countries, but I have never known it elsewhere.

Chef Caine

I would have to say that the only true American bread would be corn bread, because America was, at the time, the only place you could get corn.

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texasmesquite

Corn bread hmmmm that is a possibility, too! Did the Indians make corn bread? Or, was this bread making from the immigrants? When I researched American Bread - this was the information I found and it was reinforced by a 2 different shows on TV, too!

swcooking

Corn bread is great and I have never seen it served in Europe. I got another bread that must have been invented in the U.S.! Hot Dog buns! Just kidding.

Taster

I didn't know until know that pullman bread is invented from the US. Thanks for that information. About corn bread, I think it is also made from the US because corns naturally comes from South America and there have been no corn in Europe before the migration in the medieval period.

Chef D

All countries have created some breads, and America is no exception I suppose!

And yes, I imagine that corn bread would of had to be an american invention.

And U.S sold bread is too sweet? Some varieties probably are, but not all!

Most whole wheat bread varieties have a more bitter taste to them.

home_buddy

michaeldennis83

Yeah I'd give the point for corn bread to the US.

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