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Old 06-04-2011, 09:11 AM   #12044
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Originally Posted by beppe View Post
(whole rye for me)
Accordingly to the trusted sources, it should be a must for everybody.

Rye bread is the best and the healthiest of all breads.

Surprise, surprise!
Guess what? Healthy?
It is almost unknown and unavailable in the UK.

You cannot buy rye bread in the UK's supermarkets. I was told that one might find one type of rye bread in Waitrose. We don't have it in the town, so I cannot verify.
Polish shops have a small variety of rye bread but it is not 100% rye bread and it is brought from afar....
Brits don't know about it, don't like it and don't want to know about it
About two months ago we got a new stall at the local market once per week, McCarthy's Country Store and they have THREE types of 95% rye bread. I became their fan and dedicated customer.
One bread is 100% rye.
One bread is 95% rye + 5% pumpernickels (I am sure Germans know what it is , as probably all of the Europe, except the UK)
One bread 95% rye + 5% raisins (although it also has got caravan seeds, like some black bread we had in Ukraine, but I hate caravan seeds and my wife loves)
He has got another bread that is only 35% rye bread, I don't count it.


I wonder why such products as

Rye bread
Kefir
Curd cheese

that are available all over the Europe, not only Eastern Europe, but Western Europe, such as Germany, Netherlands, Austria, I think Italy too, but I am not sure. I don't remember whether I visited any supermarkets in Venice (too little time, too many pictures to take). It is a very healthy food known all over the world and unavailable over here? My brother, a doctor, who lives in Canada now, didn't want to believe me that I cannot buy rye bread.


A cup of Regent's Blend (Fortnum and Mason) went quite well with brunch Almost finished it (the tea). It has been my breakfast tea for the last 2 months.


Don't know which one to open next.

Queen Anne Blend Tea - blend of TGFOP Assam and Ceylon FBOP
Royal Blend Tea - low-grown Flowery Pekoe from Ceylon lends an uplifting note to the maltier Assam
Breakfast Blend Tea - unblended Assam
Irish Breakfast Tea - Assam and Kenyan

all from Fortnum and Mason.
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