Reese

I'm not talking about the rock band of the same name. I'm talking about main ingredient of Sandwiches.

You may be thinking, why the hell is there a thread about fucking bread!? Well, I like bread. As a kid, I'd peel the crust off my bread and take a few slices and roll it up into a ball and eat it. It was very unsanitary now that I think about it - rolling a ball of bread up in my 10 year old unwashed hands. Speaking of peeling the crust off, Besides the times when I rolled it up in a ball, I always kept the crust on my sandwiches. I see kids today are so picky and will scream and shit if it's not cut off for them. It saddens me to see them so demanding. If I had thrown a fit like that when I was a kid I would have left the room with a nice red mark on my face shaped like my dad's hand. Back on topic, My inspiration for this topic isn't about peeling the crust off. Actually it's about the brand of bread I use and have used in the past. For the longest time there's only been a few brands of bread here. There was Bunny bread and Colonial bread. Bunny bread was just out of my area and only a few stores carried it so I mostly ate Colonial bread. A while back, Colonial was bought by Sara lee, This meant that the places that carried colonial now also carried Sara Lee brand.

Now, Before Sara lee came to town, Colonial bread sucked. It was flaky, you couldn't even bend it without it snapping it in half. Sara lee bread was completely different though. It was so moist and had such a great taste. So much better than the bland Colonial brand that I've been eating forever. After a while though, this started to change. More and more often I'd get a loaf of Sara lee bread and it'd be really dry and almost hard. The first few slices in each loaf were almost inedible. Soon, I wouldn't even buy the Sara lee brand anymore. I went back to Colonial brand. It was flaky, but it was fresher.

Months ago, I'm setting around my house, eating my turkey sandwich thinking about my flaky bread and I thought, I'm gonna check out Sara Lee's website. When I clicked their contact us button, I expected it to pop up outlook express and I'd just give up and close it out because I don't use outlook express and sure as hell wasn't going to set it up to complain about bread. To my surprise, It brought up a web form. Not just any web form. It wanted to know everything about the product I was commenting on. The UPC code, the expiration date, where I purchased it, everything. I put in all relevant information and left a half-assed comment. It was a friendly but casual "Hey, I used to love this brand when the stores in my area started carrying it but in the last 6 months or so it's really changed. etc, etc.."

Well, A few months later and guess what. The bread is good again! I don't know if they read my feedback or if it was just something wrong that they were fixing but It's good again. Not only is the Sara lee brand back to it's old awesomeness, The Colonial brand bread has improved. It's not as flaky as it used to be. It's not as moist as the Sara lee brand but it doesn't break when you bend it anymore. Whether they listened to me or fixed the issues on their own, I applaud you Sara Lee.

So, What's your story about bread? Do you have a favorite brand? Do you like White bread, wheat bread, sourdough, french? Tell us a story that involves bread in one way or another.

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