Why is bread so expensive?

[katti]

1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon sugar

I was told that Americans put sugar in everything, but in bread??

 

[TheBlackHand]

I was told that Americans put sugar in everything, but in bread??

we put honey in some bread as well

 

[steveinbsas]

I am very surprised to be able to say this, but the bread from one bakery in Punta Alta is almost as good as the best I ever found in Paris or San Francisco (crust, texture, and flavor weighted equally).

As for price...$1,50 per loaf.

I don't believe you! Please send proof!!

I would if the bread would still be fresh, but it's just like Paris: You buy one baugette for lunch on your way home (if that's where you eat lunch), and another for dinner on your way home from work.

The next day the bread is only good for toast because they don't use any preservatives.

 

[Davidglen77]

I was told that Americans put sugar in everything, but in bread??

Actually I don't put sugar in most of what I cook. However adding sugar to bread makes it rise more, 1 tablespoon in 1KG of flour really isn't going to alter the taste, however when you bake at home since you are using natural yeast and don't have dough conditioners and other chemicals that almost commercial bakeries use, so sugar wins out. Nothing will happen if you don't add it, the bread will not rise as much though. No biggie.