Bread - Thin Sliced

I always look for thin sliced bread at Christmas to make a selection of sandwiches in the evenings as 'finger food' (thereby disguising the turkey and ham) but to no avail.

Always a staple purchase as a child.

Warburton’s used to do a thin sliced years ago. It was in a red wrapper.

I can't find it either it's all either thick or "medium". I suppose they sell more loaves if the slices are thicker,

I opt for medium-sliced

Not the same I know, but Warburton's and some own brand 'thins' as good with tasty fillings.

Have you tried warburtons medium soft white (dark blue wrapper) that's quite a thin one

Warburtons wholemeal is fairly thinly sliced.

The Warburtons’ medium sliced is thin really.
I’ve not seen the (red wrapper) thin sliced for many years now.
I too have a fancy sometimes for a crisp or cucumber sandwich with potted beef; better with thinly sliced bread.😋

I never buy sliced bread - then I have a choice how thick or thin I cut it. In our local Sainsbury you can take your loaf of bread of choice and have it cut to the thickness you require.

I buy artisan bread as I prefer it and it is never sliced. We eat very little bread really and a boule or equivalent lasts about a week.

Whitewavemark2

I never buy sliced bread - then I have a choice how thick or thin I cut it. In our local Sainsbury you can take your loaf of bread of choice and have it cut to the thickness you require.

I buy artisan bread as I prefer it and it is never sliced. We eat very little bread really and a boule or equivalent lasts about a week.

Agree bread from a nice bakery is the best but I can then make my way through the loaf! It's dangerous for me

I freeze slices in packs of 4 to stop us having a bread fest

I remember my Grandmother with her coils of hair round her ears and her wrap over apron cutting thin slices of bread and butter by buttering the cut end of the loaf first and then slicing it thinly holding the loaf in a tea towel end up. Lovely memory.

BigBertha apart from the coils of hair you could have been describing my paternal grandmother She sliced bread and butter exactly the same, a lovely memory.

I do that now Big Bertha/Rosie 😂

Yes, my grandmother did the same Rosie51 and BigBertha.

I am the same, dont like it too bready lol, so after trying different brands, I have found that the Hovis Soft White Medium is quite thin sliced.

Granmarderby10 - Thank you. I haven't thought of/or seen potted beef since about 40yrs!! It was a favourite of my Dad's and I used to do his shopping for him after Mum passed away. Up here in the Highlands it was "potted heid" and I will now be checking it out to see if it still around. Just quickly reading this thread as I like my bread thickly sliced!!

I find the sliced farmhouse from Tesco bakery is thinner sliced than most loaves. I don't like thick bread.

Rosie51

BigBertha apart from the coils of hair you could have been describing my paternal grandmother She sliced bread and butter exactly the same, a lovely memory.

And mine! Butter first and bread so thin you could almost see through it. My mother did the same.

Is potted beef the same as fish paste (if you know what I mean😄)?

Coming from Cornwall, we often used to have bread, jam and cream (clotted home made of course) for breakfast.

Re potted beef does anyone remember the little white China pots containing salmon pate. I use to love those with cucumber in a sandwich. For the life of me I can't remember the brand name but can see the pots clearly in my mins eye!!! It was a step up from paste.

Whirwavemark2. That made me laugh, re fish paste but I know what you mean. Is ‘potted heid’ the same as meat paste or is it brawn? Just asked my Scottish DH who described it as pink jelly stuff!

Whirwavemark2: It was set in "jelly". It would have been aspic I think and was light brown - and it was more shredded meat definitely not a paste. We had very few supermarkets up here back then so it came from the butcher. I'll will be on the hunt next week!

I decided to make summer pudding recently. It's not nice if the bread is too thick, so I looked for thin-sliced white bread in Sainsbury's. No luck, I ended up making it myself and slicing it thinly. Actually, I think my bread is nicer than supermarket sliced, and I was pleased with the result.