Just paid £3 for a loaf of bread!

[Mobile Chicane]

Sourdough from Gail's Bakery, now available at Waitrose in Cobham.

I've just scoffed the whole thing. Lovely, light, lofty crumb, and a delicious 'savouriness' that's like crack cocaine.

Seek this stuff out - else make your own.

(Not sure about the making your own - there is witchcraft at work here, I'm certain of it.)

[calibrax]

Bought one of those the other day as I've never had sourdough bread before... I wasn't impressed to be honest. It tasted quite nice, but the outside was absolutely rock hard. Won't be getting it again.

[Melman Giraffe]

calibrax said:

Bought one of those the other day as I've never had sourdough bread before... I wasn't impressed to be honest. It tasted quite nice, but the outside was absolutely rock hard. Won't be getting it again.

Get some new teeth I love Sourdough

[Pondered Scrotum]

£3 for a loaf of bread?

You fool, ALDI do bread waaaaaaay cheaper than that.

[brad.noble]

How much coccaine do you do? naughty girl!

[astroarcadia]

£3! Try £21 for a Shepheards Loaf from our local bakery, Hobbs.

http://shop.hobbshousebakery.co.uk/our-breads/shep...

Yes that is £21 for a single loaf. I have tried it and it is good toasted and keeps for over a week, but £21, please!

[shakotan]

£21!?

For a loaf of bread!?

Do I look like some kind of !?

[pacman1]

astroarcadia said:

£3! Try £21 for a Shepheards Loaf from our local bakery, Hobbs.

http://shop.hobbshousebakery.co.uk/our-breads/shep...

Yes that is £21 for a single loaf. I have tried it and it is good toasted and keeps for over a week, but £21, please!

Not actually extortionate at all.
21 quids worth gets you nearly a tenners worth of top quality organic ingredients, plus the skilled labour that goes into creating it, and includes delivery to anywhere in the UK.
It's also the size of a pocket battleship and would last a family of four quite some time.

[Bugeyeandy]

shakotan said:

£21!?

For a loaf of bread!?

Do I look like some kind of !?

Ingredients listed - Flour, Salt, Water - £21

oh, hang on a minute - Spelt Flour, Cornish Sea Salt, Water - Bargain

Crazy.

[giblet]

thegavster said:

I've always fancied getting a pizza from here:

http://francomanca.co.uk/

DO IT, NOW!

Seriously the best pizza I have had outside of Italy. Ruddy good value too

[pacman1]

giblet said:

thegavster said:

I've always fancied getting a pizza from here:

http://francomanca.co.uk/

DO IT, NOW!

Seriously the best pizza I have had outside of Italy. Ruddy good value too

Do they deliver?

[Fossilface]

The fact they charge £21 means there are enough tits out there who will pay it. FFS

[66comanche]

pacman1 said:

astroarcadia said:

£3! Try £21 for a Shepheards Loaf from our local bakery, Hobbs.

http://shop.hobbshousebakery.co.uk/our-breads/shep...

Yes that is £21 for a single loaf. I have tried it and it is good toasted and keeps for over a week, but £21, please!

Not actually extortionate at all.
21 quids worth gets you nearly a tenners worth of top quality organic ingredients, plus the skilled labour that goes into creating it, and includes delivery to anywhere in the UK.
It's also the size of a pocket battleship and would last a family of four quite some time.

Organic flour, approx £1.50 (1.5kg or so, enough for a very large loaf)
Organic yeast, £1.50 (27g)
Organic oil, probably 25p
Organic salt, 10p?
Organic sugar, 10p?

Unless organic water is terribly expensive , methinks your calculations are way off.

[pacman1]

66comanche said:

pacman1 said:

astroarcadia said:

£3! Try £21 for a Shepheards Loaf from our local bakery, Hobbs.

http://shop.hobbshousebakery.co.uk/our-breads/shep...

Yes that is £21 for a single loaf. I have tried it and it is good toasted and keeps for over a week, but £21, please!

Not actually extortionate at all.
21 quids worth gets you nearly a tenners worth of top quality organic ingredients, plus the skilled labour that goes into creating it, and includes delivery to anywhere in the UK.
It's also the size of a pocket battleship and would last a family of four quite some time.

Organic flour, approx £1.50 (1.5kg or so, enough for a very large loaf)
Organic yeast, £1.50 (27g)
Organic oil, probably 25p
Organic salt, 10p?
Organic sugar, 10p?

Unless organic water is terribly expensive , methinks your calculations are way off.

Guesstimates, I cannot confirm. It's big though, and if quality organic bread that keeps well is your thing and you live nowhere near an outlet, then I guess you'll pay the price.

[astroarcadia]

66comanche said:

pacman1 said:

astroarcadia said:

£3! Try £21 for a Shepheards Loaf from our local bakery, Hobbs.

http://shop.hobbshousebakery.co.uk/our-breads/shep...

Yes that is £21 for a single loaf. I have tried it and it is good toasted and keeps for over a week, but £21, please!

Not actually extortionate at all.
21 quids worth gets you nearly a tenners worth of top quality organic ingredients, plus the skilled labour that goes into creating it, and includes delivery to anywhere in the UK.
It's also the size of a pocket battleship and would last a family of four quite some time.

Organic flour, approx £1.50 (1.5kg or so, enough for a very large loaf)
Organic yeast, £1.50 (27g)
Organic oil, probably 25p
Organic salt, 10p?
Organic sugar, 10p?

Unless organic water is terribly expensive , methinks your calculations are way off.

The loaf would not feed a family of four for very long. One weekend maybe.

Do you honestly think £21 for the Shepheard Loaf is good value?

[pacman1]

astroarcadia said:

Do you honestly think £21 for the Shepheard Loaf is good value?

Consider this.
There is a growing number of people who now entertain at home, and enjoy a quality cheeseboard.

They may not eat out so much now, but they will still pay handsomely for quality cheese.

So why not the bread to go with it?

And if you can't get either locally, you'll buy it over the internet.

Of course, you could always get a supermarket value loaf and some Dairylea, but that ain't quite the same.

So, in answer to your question, yes there are many who think it is good value.

[H_Kan]

That bread for £21 is 2kg. So approx. 2.5 normal loaves of 800g bread.

That would last 2-3 days in our household at most.

I'm sure it tastes great, but £21 is a pisstake for a loaf of bread. Ingredients bought in bulk are a fiver at most. Again, postage bought in bulk isn't going to be much over £4, meaning £12 labour for a loaf- too much imo.

[pacman1]

H_Kan said:

That bread for £21 is 2kg. So approx. 2.5 normal loaves of 800g bread.

That would last 2-3 days in our household at most.

I'm sure it tastes great, but £21 is a pisstake for a loaf of bread. Ingredients bought in bulk are a fiver at most. Again, postage bought in bulk isn't going to be much over £4, meaning £12 labour for a loaf- too much imo.

You may be right, but your figure of £12 should not only cover labour, but overheads and profit.

[astroarcadia]

The Shepheard Loaf has been a bit of marketing ploy for Hobbs. The bakery is a family business run by the Herberts. The latest in that line is Tom who took part in a competition to make the Perfect Loaf, a bit like Hestons series. I think he came second in this national competition and the Shepheard Loaf was the result. It was filmed by the BBC as a documentary.

The bread is too hard for my liking. I honestly believe that some of the artisan stuff at Waitrose is as good for a fraction of the cost. Hobbs best loaf is a Seven Seed which we have most weekends. Great in any situation and about two pound something a loaf which I am happy to pay.

[Council Baby]

There's a Gails just round the corner from work, eat there a couple of times a week. Top nosh but they do like their prices. 3 sarnies and 3 drinks was over £20 last week!