hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Bread well made and presented is an important part of any good meal. Many restuarants serve part baked bread and forget that they have the other part of the baking process to complete. Rolls can be off putting as no matter how small, they look a lot to eat, why not make a loaf, cut the slices about 1" thick and then cut the slice into 3 so that you have a finger of bread about 1" square and a few inches long, this will show little or no crust, look less to eat, and more appealing especially if the bread has some inclusions, Olives, Seeds, Apricots,Sultanas or Grains for example. Please let me know when you have this get together, and if I can make it, perhaps you will allow me to assist you prepare the bread. bakerboy Allow you! I would be honoured Edited June 8, 2011 by hendersons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 It was the Bybrook restaurant at the Manor House in Castle Combe. One star I think. The meal was good but not quite as good as I had hoped. thats a shame. I have never eaten ther myself but I've heard a few mixed things from our customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Yeah I think mixed is about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Got to have the bread roles...... Would be rude not to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Lets see if we get enough interest from the locals and then we will try and set a date. Depending on when it was, I would be up for this Whereabouts is your place? There are 3 or 4 other regulars on here who live within a few miles of me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 It's in Fairford. It would have to be on a sunday evening as we are closed then, so I could sit down too. If not you would have to make do without me at the table (possibly not a bad thing). It would be a B.Y.O event as i'm not made of money. You could ask fisherman mike about the place. But it's not realy about the restaurant as I would just make a few simple things with what I've shot recently stick it in the middle of the table (and hopefully some nice bread if bakerboy can make it) and let everybody tuck in. It's more of an excuse for us to have a social. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 It's in Fairford. It would have to be on a sunday evening as we are closed then, so I could sit down too. If not you would have to make do without me at the table (possibly not a bad thing). It would be a B.Y.O event as i'm not made of money. You could ask fisherman mike about the place. But it's not realy about the restaurant as I would just make a few simple things with what I've shot recently stick it in the middle of the table (and hopefully some nice bread if bakerboy can make it) and let everybody tuck in. It's more of an excuse for us to have a social. Nick Nick, sounds good. Never expected a freebie - BYO sounds good. How about getting people to bring different courses or tasters of stuff they've made themselves to save you doing all the work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I love fresh bread and can't get enough of it. Mind you I'm a fat 19 stone ****** Dont believe you.....your nowhere near 19 stone!!! shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 im finding im eating more and more bread every week i use a loaf in 2-3 days very often cant beat it and will always raid the bread basket too lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Nick, sounds good. Never expected a freebie - BYO sounds good. How about getting people to bring different courses or tasters of stuff they've made themselves to save you doing all the work? That sounds like a good idea but I would not like to put people out too much. Do you have any idea who else would come? Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 That sounds like a good idea but I would not like to put people out too much. Do you have any idea who else would come? Nick Me for one, but very date dependant. I 'm committed to stuff for a lot of weekends for a while. Fisherman Mike and Neil (NJC numbers ) live close to me so we could share a car. Neil usually has some venison in the chiller too Phil activeviii is up in Gloucester and John BigJohn is down in Wotton, I'm sure they'd be up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 It's in Fairford. It would have to be on a sunday evening as we are closed then, so I could sit down too. If not you would have to make do without me at the table (possibly not a bad thing). It would be a B.Y.O event as i'm not made of money. You could ask fisherman mike about the place. But it's not realy about the restaurant as I would just make a few simple things with what I've shot recently stick it in the middle of the table (and hopefully some nice bread if bakerboy can make it) and let everybody tuck in. It's more of an excuse for us to have a social. Nick Date dependant, I will be able to make and bake some Bread at my local bakery, using an old Oiled fired Oven. The Bread will still be fresh and ready to eat on a Sunday afternoon, and what if any is left over will make bl%dy good toast for who ever wants to take it home. depending on numbers I should be able to make a small variety of breads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I don't eat the bread rolls in restaurants as for all I know it could be their third or fourth sortie of the day. Its an OCD thang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 The bread rolls are the least of you worries never eat a after8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Date dependant, I will be able to make and bake some Bread at my local bakery, using an old Oiled fired Oven. The Bread will still be fresh and ready to eat on a Sunday afternoon, and what if any is left over will make bl%dy good toast for who ever wants to take it home. depending on numbers I should be able to make a small variety of breads Sounds lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 The bread rolls are the least of you worries never eat a after8 The one that always gets me is the sauce bottles (Mayo especially) on the tables in greasy spoon caffs. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The horror, the horror! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Dont believe you.....your nowhere near 19 stone!!! shaun Fraid so, diet time soon. I was going to start going again tonight, but I opted to do work and get an Indian Takeaway in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I'm lucky living in the part of this part of the country because Henllan bread is available in most local shops and is yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy fill my big fat tummy on a daily bases i also like the Roberts seeded loaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) I work in a restaurant when i'm not out shooting. Over the past few months we have noticed less and less people are eating the bread rolls that we make nor they are just eating the one instead of two. So I was wondering is the entire population now scared of eating carbs. Do we all think that by eating a couple of bread rolls before dinner we are going to end up the size of an American. So how many of you have started to eat less bread and have you noticed any difference? I just realised it could just be that we make **** bread! Nick could be the price of wheat nowadays Edited June 8, 2011 by yickdaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) A couple of years ago we were out with the family in London, (we live in London so its not like we are tourists) and went for lunch in a little Italian spagetti house type of place up a side street. More like a cafe than a restaurant. On the table when we sat down there was a basket with some manky bits of very dried up bread which we didn't touch. When we got the bill they had charged us £7 for bread and added a 10% service charge to the bill making the bread effectively £7.70 I told them in no uncertain terms to take it off but they argued it. Maybe people are not touching the bread because they are wary of how much they are getting charged for it. I would be now Edited June 9, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 A couple of years ago we were out with the family in London, (we live in London so its not like we are tourists) and went for lunch in a little Italian spagetti house type of place up a side street. More like a cafe than a restaurant. On the table when we sat down there was a basket with some manky bits of very dried up bread which we didn't touch. When we got the bill they had charged us £7 for bread and added a 10% service charge to the bill making the bread effectively £7.70 I told them in no uncertain terms to take it off but they argued it. Maybe people are not touching the bread because they are wary of how much they are getting charged for it. I would be now Yes, I've had this too. They did take it off mine, but only after I kicked off big style "Cover charge" Dream on. I don't go to restaurants to eat bread, I can do that anywhere. This habit of stuffing your face with anything that's shoved in front of us is the prime reason that we are a nation of fat *****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Yes, I've had this too. They did take it off mine, but only after I kicked off big style "Cover charge" Dream on. I don't go to restaurants to eat bread, I can do that anywhere. This habit of stuffing your face with anything that's shoved in front of us is the prime reason that we are a nation of fat *****. I have always enjoyed good bread with a meal, but maybe I am biased. What I find annoying with restaurants, is that if you take a large party in they add on or increase the service charge, how does that work? I often go out in parties of 10/12 people but reserve as 2 parties of 6. In my world the more you purchase the cheaper it is, not the otherway around . Sorry if I digress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I have always enjoyed good bread with a meal, but maybe I am biased. What I find annoying with restaurants, is that if you take a large party in they add on or increase the service charge, how does that work? I often go out in parties of 10/12 people but reserve as 2 parties of 6. In my world the more you purchase the cheaper it is, not the otherway around . Sorry if I digress That's how it is in my world too. I'm also one of those ghastly people who won't pay the Service Charge if the service is ****. I usually pre-empt it (once we've got the food) by suggesting to the waiter that "you won't be adding Service Charge to the bill, I take it" There's a lot of browbeating with traditional **** in the eating-out industry, but people just need to dig in an **** it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 That's how it is in my world too. I'm also one of those ghastly people who won't pay the Service Charge if the service is ****. I usually pre-empt it (once we've got the food) by suggesting to the waiter that "you won't be adding Service Charge to the bill, I take it" There's a lot of browbeating with traditional **** in the eating-out industry, but people just need to dig in an **** it off. totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I work in a restaurant when i'm not out shooting. Over the past few months we have noticed less and less people are eating the bread rolls that we make nor they are just eating the one instead of two. So I was wondering is the entire population now scared of eating carbs. Do we all think that by eating a couple of bread rolls before dinner we are going to end up the size of an American. So how many of you have started to eat less bread and have you noticed any difference? I just realised it could just be that we make **** bread! Nick I think it's more that people aren't used to the full three courses any more, and if you want to enjoy the food there's no point filling up with bread first. The wife and I fairly often share a starter and pudding so we don't end up feeling stuffed. Nial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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