Sandwich bread
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Sandwich bread (also referred to as pan bread, loaf bread, or sandwich loaf) is bread that is prepared specifically to be used for the preparation of sandwiches. Sandwich breads are produced in many varieties, such as white, whole wheat, sourdough, rye, multigrain and others.
Description
Sandwich bread is overwhelmingly commercially baked and pre-sliced, though any similar shaped loaf can be turned into sandwiches by hand. It may be formulated to slice easily, cleanly or uniformly, and may have a fine crumb (texture) and light body. Sandwich bread may be designed to have a balanced proportion of crumb and crust, whereby the bread holds and supports fillings in place and reduces drips and messiness. Some may be designed to not become crumbly, hardened, dried or have too compressible a texture.
Sandwich bread can refer to cross-sectionally square, sliced white and wheat bread, which has been described as "perfectly designed for holding square luncheon meat". The bread used for preparing finger sandwiches is sometimes referred to as sandwich bread. Pain de mie is a sandwich loaf.
History
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In the 1930s in the United States, the term sandwich loaf referred to sliced bread. In contemporary times, U.S. consumers sometimes refer to white bread such as Wonder Bread as sandwich bread and sandwich loaf. American sandwich breads have historically included some fat derived from the use of milk or oil to enrich the bread. Thin-sliced breads, wherein the bread is sliced somewhat thinner than customary, are often labeled as "sandwich bread".
Examples of U.S. bakers that produce sandwich bread are Wonder, Pepperidge Farm, and Nature's Pride. Some supermarket chains, such as Texas-based H-E-B, produce their own store brands of sandwich bread. Bonn Group of Industries of Ludhiana Punjab, India, produces a product called Super Sandwich Bread. Tai Pan Bread and Cakes Co. produces sandwich bread in Hong Kong. Mass-produced sandwich breads are sliced before being packaged.
Japanese milk bread, a specific style of sandwich bread, is popular in Asia, particularly in Japan, and has artisan status there.{{Cite news |last=Moskin |first=Julia |date=22 April 2014 |title=Three Recipes to Savor to the Last Crumb (Published 2014) |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/dining/three-recipes-to-savor-to-the-last-crumb.html |access-date=30 July 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Imada |first=Kaila |date=13 February 2023 |title=What makes shokupan so popular – and where you can buy it |url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/restaurants/whats-the-deal-with-shokupan |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=Time Out Tokyo |language=en-GB}} Bread was not a traditional food in Japan, but it came into culinary use there after the American response to post-World War II Japanese rice shortages included relief shipments of wheat.{{Cite news |last=Krader |first=Kate |date=18 September 2019 |title=Japanese Milk Bread Is Coming for Your Lunch |language=en |work=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-18/what-is-japanese-milk-bread-shokupan-sando-coming-for-your-lunch |access-date=30 July 2023}} The style of bread became popular outside Asia in the 2020s.{{Cite news |last=Beckett |first=Lois |date=11 December 2022 |title=LA’s ‘orgasmic’ $18 Japanese milk bread sells out in seconds every day |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/dec/11/japanese-milk-bread-ginza-nishikawa-taste-test |access-date=30 July 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Trinh |first=Jean |date=9 November 2022 |title=LA’s Latest Hot-Ticket Food Item Is a Plush Loaf of Japanese Bread Baked in a Ghost Kitchen |url=https://la.eater.com/2022/11/9/23449499/ginza-nishikawa-shokupan-japanese-milk-bread-sawtelle-colony-ghost-kitchen |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=Eater LA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Alex |date=28 December 2022 |title=That hyped £11 milk bread has arrived in London |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/that-hyped-11-milk-bread-has-arrived-in-london-122822 |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=Time Out London |language=en-GB}}
See also
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- Hoagie roll (also "bulkie" and related sandwich rolls)
- List of breads
- List of sandwiches
- Pullman loaf – sometimes referred to as sandwich loaf
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References
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{{cite web | last=Rubel | first=William | title=Basic Sandwich Bread Recipe | website=Mother Earth News | url=http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/homemade-bread/sandwich-bread-recipe-zmaz10djzraw.aspx | access-date=April 30, 2015}}
Roberts 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=peyUtxGGVFQC&pg=PA158 p. 158].
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last=Roberts | first=A.G. | title=Gluten-Free Baking Classics | publisher=Agate Publishing, Incorporated | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-57284-640-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=peyUtxGGVFQC}}
Further reading
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- {{cite book | last=Pashman | first=D. | last2=Meyer | first2=A.E. | title=Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious | publisher=Simon & Schuster | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4516-8975-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ks5FAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 | pages=78–79}}
- {{cite book | last=Calvel | first=R. | last2=MacGuire | first2=J.J. | last3=Wirtz | first3=R.L. | title=The Taste of Bread: A translation of Le Goût du Pain, comment le préserver, comment le retrouver | publisher=Springer US | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4757-6809-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQvkBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |page=111}}
- {{cite web | title=Sandwich Bread | website=The Dallas Morning News | date=December 15, 2010 | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/food-wine/recipes/20101128-sandwich-bread.ece | access-date=April 30, 2015}}
- {{cite web | title=White Sandwich Bread | website=Cook's Illustrated | date=April 1, 2006 | url=http://www.cooksillustrated.com/taste_tests/270-white-sandwich-bread | ref={{sfnref | Cook's Illustrated | 2006}} | access-date=April 30, 2015}}
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