Where have they gone

janer1967

Hi all 

Hope your all having a nice Sunday and keeping safe 

I really miss the old bakery shops where you could get fresh baked bread and pies, pastries and cream cakes 

I don't like the mass produced bread and cakes available at supermarkets 

Never see any old style bakeries around anymore I remember having to queue outside them on Saturday morning to pick up our weekend treats 

Has anyone here got a bakery near them ? Do you miss them like me ? What did you used to get from them ? 

janer1967

@woodbine I need to come and live in your village do you and senior management want a lodger? 

Cher_Alumni

@janer1967 Oh me too!  There's a few near where I live, with some on the market and a few in back streets but they are increasingly disappearing 

My favourite thing to get is fresh teacakes, custard tarts, gingerbread men and a warm pork pie or sausage roll.

janer1967

@Cher_Scope agree with the custard tarts and pork pies and sausage rolls 

I used to like elephants feet , treacle tarts , and ours used to do hot roast pork sandwiches on home baked bread cakes 

Making me hungry now 

vikingqueen

           We use to have one across the road when I was a child. At Christmas Miss Eddlin would put her Christmas cakes in the window where there was also a paraffin heater to keep the window from freezing up... she made the best everything from her little converted house, no health and safety in those days but we all survived 

66Mustang

We have a bakery in our town. I agree the stuff from a bakery is nice. However you have to be willing to pay to play...£2 for a loaf of bread compared with 59p in the supermarket, or £1 for a single cake instead of £1 for 4 in the supermarket.

I think the same about butchers. I think you get much better meat from them than you can get eat the supermarket. But again its double or triple the price.

It seems the popular thing today, if you want to spend more money and get better quality, is farm shops, which I do enjoy but they are not quite the same. However I recommend visiting a farm shop if you have one near you.

chiarieds

I'm not really a cake person normally, but you've got me thinking (too much) about vanilla slices, which were my weakness in a bakery.

You all should try making your own bread.....it's easy to do, & so much better than any supermarket bread. I don't do it now as there's just me, tho I'm sure my cat Shadow would pinch some (she once ran off with a piece of my cheese & onion sandwich!)

leeCal

We have a nice little bakers nearby, but as @66Mustang mentions they are definitely dearer than supermarkets, nice produce though, yum ? 

janer1967

This was just a fun thread not intended for political opinions 

janer1967

@woodbine that's some lunch never tried that one 

cupcake88

Yesss I miss those bakers too I love farmer markets as well where you get the fresh breads all different kinds x 

leeCal

The best pasties I ever had were bought from a bakery in Cornwall, absolutely one hundred percent better than supermarket pasties beyond doubt.

deb74

There is a local bakery in the town where I live that makes their own bread and cakes. When you have tasted fresh made cakes and bread you don't really want to go back to the supermarket bread and cakes!

Cress

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Where have they gone?

When you didn’t post any opposition to that out of twin shopping centre or that nice bee big supermarket... well that’s where they have gone.

Shopping habits change, we need the big supermarkets.

Doesn't mean we cant moan about missing a proper bakery!

I got a breadmaker,  fresh, tasty bread without the effort...lol

janer1967

@Cress I used to have a breadmaker might have to invest in another one 

Cress

janer1967 said:

@Cress I used to have a breadmaker might have to invest in another one 

I'm very much enjoying crusty Poppy seed bread with marmalade at the mo...

Cress

Toasted of course...

janer1967

@Cress I used to leave mine on overnight so was warm and ready for morning only trouble is smell of fresh bread was too irresistible 

Now I live in bungalow would smell it as soon as I woke up may even wake me up lol 

BTW good luck for your son coming home sounds like he is doing well and glad things have been put in place for your safety too 

Cress

I know @janer1967 !
I can never wait to eat it, keep burning my fingers cutting into it while it's still hot lol

Thanks to you too for your kindness janer.
Hope you're doing ok...everyone will hopefully be feeling a bit better with lockdown easing.

Lisatho11987777

I miss all the lovely Little shops the personal service and the lovely things they sold now its all big zuper markets and mass produced  and you find several people wearing same cloths as you lol x

Ross_Alumni

Bakery have become less common haven't they these days? When I was young we used to have one right by our school and would frequently nip by there on the way home for an iced finger or sausage roll. 

Luckily, there is one next to where my partner works and they sometimes let her, and other staff at her workplace, have freebies of things they need eating up.