[TalnSG]

My memory of bread from my childhood in England is strangely absent of any sort of bread, and I never realized it till reading this thread. The only bread or cake I remember from then is the occassional dried-out petit-four.

Its seems my addiction to bread began with baguettes while visiting France back then. These days its the Japanese and Korean bakeries in the area that have me driving across town for my "cake" fix.

I wonder if the dismal state of breadmaking in the UK stemmed from refusal to compete with its neighbor on yet another level. Though the scones in the Midlands are excellent!