Now comes the question of a 'Don't know Baja' Guy
Do the Mexicans bake and sell real bread?
Means others than tortillas?
Means not only this swampy white bread Americans eat. I mean maybe real bread like whole wheat bread or darker bread you really have to chew ??
Have fun with your dentures!
Germanicus#1 - 8-12-2004 at 08:37 PM
Hey c'mon, whats wrong with Wonder bread and Budweiser. Both great american products made by proud americans.JESSE - 8-12-2004 at 08:40 PM
Theres thousands of bakeries all over Mexico, but most bake sweet bread from a tradition of French origins, you rarely find bakeries that bake artisan
breads here, even do there is a trend for that here. Germanicus - 8-12-2004 at 08:46 PM
bonjour numero un,
or in English: Hi Mr. President,
nothing is wrong with 'wonder bread and budweiser'.
wonderbread , yea I tried it once and I was wondering if it glues my exhaust together or if it comes out again.
And Budweiser, well I tried it once and determined, it is yellow like beer.
PLEASE don't ask me about how it tastes.
My good adjucation will not allow me to post the words for that in this forum.
Have fun with great American products!
Germanicus
P.S. do you have an answer to my question?Mexitron - 8-12-2004 at 09:20 PM
I suggest eating in Mex what Mex does best--tortillas....go to a store where they sell freshly made(and still hot) corn tortillas--you'll lose your
craving for artisan breads. One of the simplest yet most delicious foods on the planet. But you've got to get them fresh!
Bimbo Bread
capn.sharky - 8-12-2004 at 09:22 PM
I believe Bimbo is the biggest bread company in North America. I think they own Wonder Bread in the United States --- someone please correct me if I
am wrong. Years ago in Loreto the women would put a sign in their window if they wanted bread. It said "BIMBO". I was wandering around town and was
thinking that the sign meant there was a Bimbo living in all these houses. Kinda like a red light on the porch. Oh well, live and learn. The bread
sold in the panaderias for 2 pesos is very good. Especially if you micro it and serve it warm. It looks like a small loaf of french bread and tastes
like french bread or possibly sourdough bread.
Bimbo
mcgyver - 8-12-2004 at 09:42 PM
capn. sharky, You are right! not only is Bimbo the largest bread co. in the USA and NA but maybe in the world and its headquarters is in good old
DALLAS, TEXAS ,My home town, where I worked at one time for Manor Bakeries, all home delivery of fresh hot bread!
Now can anyone tell us what country has the largest Coke Cola company in the world and where 100% of Coke machines are made?BajaNomad - 8-12-2004 at 11:52 PM
Headquartered in Mexico City, with a US subsidiary in Fort Worth, TX (Dallas). Interesting.#1 - 8-12-2004 at 11:57 PM
Germanicus
Thanks for a good laugh. I know what you mean about Wonderbread and Bud. Having said that, my answer to your question is: No, I do not have an answer
to your question.#1 - 8-13-2004 at 12:11 AM
P.S. Don't laugh about calling me Mr. President, I'm a white boy from the south with a high school education, C- GPA, and my daddy bought my college
degree from Harvard. I could be Pres., I have all the qualifications.
"Boletos"
Skeet/Loreto - 8-13-2004 at 04:31 AM
Prior to the opening of the "Now Famous Road called Hwy #1 in Baja, there was an Old Bakery in Santa Rosailitta that made "Boletas" that were out of
this World!
It was interesting to go to the back of the Buliding and peer in at the Machines being used. I think they are still in use.
Until the Road opened there was only "Bimbo"brought over from Guyamas on the Ferry on a Daily basis. Raw Milk was brought by in Large MilkCans,
stopping on the street in front of Casa,whereby each person brought their container and had it filled.
I would suggest you get use to Tortillas{harina}.
Skeet/Loreto
"In God I Trust"Anonymous - 8-13-2004 at 08:20 AM
Not boletos (tickets) but bolillos..they are the harder rolls with the pointy ends. Teleras are the softer flater ones used for tortas. wilderone - 8-13-2004 at 09:03 AM
Bolillos are sold in most bakeries and is the equivalent of bread. They're excellent. And most of the tortillas sold in Baja are like fine crepes -
very versatile for cooking: fill them with apple or cherry pie filling, then heat in pan with a little butter - yum! Tortillas in a hot pan with a
little butter, then sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, just barely crisped is great with your coffee; quesadillas of course - a hundred different
ways; huevos rancheros is served on top of a tortilla; heated with butter over a campfire with chile - only way to go. The availability other grocery
items in the small abarrotes in Mexico have as much to do with what you do with a tortilla, e.g., eggs, cheese, salsa are usually readily found. No
need for a loaf of bread.
Comida de la bandera hahahahaha
jrbaja - 8-13-2004 at 10:01 AM
OK Germanicus, here's one I hadn't thought of. You haven't experienced the food differences in Baja.
You could be in for a real treat depending on your tastes. Personally, I love the many different flavors here.
Yep, they have white and wheat bread. The wheat is acceptable and the white is like paste. Reminds me of Wonder bread that has been microwaved.
Bolillos are awesome and cheap as well as all the other varieties of bakery breads available. You will have to check them out. Bakeries are
everywhere and the aromas are worth hanging around for. Most all the big grocery stores have their own bakeries as well. Very inexpensive.
Tortillas are something you will want to get used to eating. They go with everything or even just heated on a flame with some butter for a snack.
Tortillas de Harina (flour) or tortillas de Maize (corn) are a staple down here.
They are very inexpensive, very tasty when made fresh, and even come in flavors besides those if you know where to look.
Most of the Mexicans I know do not buy the bagged tortillas from the markets. To them they are like Wonder bread. Much better to choose from or they
make them themselves. Very common in south Baja but not so much in Rosarito.
This is going to be a culinary adventure for you amigo. Don't drink the tap water although it won't kill you. Germanicus - 8-13-2004 at 12:33 PM
well, ther are lots of suggestions I do have to answer now.
First to number one:
I'm glad you took my post not too serious.
About your qualification of being President of these United States.
I do belive that unseen.
I do not have a college degree and would still qualify > so do 93,456 percent of all Americans.
To outqualify DjordschDubbeljuh is not really a challenge, don't you think?
but talking about money and purchasing a degree.
This is what the world (yes, there is a world outside the United States) thinks about getting elected as President.
It's all about money!
If an OrangUtan would have the chance for several funraisers, the next President of the U.S. would be an OrangUtan.
(Yes in that case it would be an improvement to the staus quo)
Hey now we are way off topic.
What has that to do with bread?
I possible can tell you.
First of all the current President has some kinda soft part above his eyelines (like wonda bread)
Then, maybe he should have traveled to Baja > Bimbos. That's also kinda link.
O.K., enough. the poor guy can't help himself. ( he needs Larry King to help him expressing himself, yesterday eve.)
mexitron, I do like tortillas, specially those corn ones.
I was asking this question about the berad in Mexico, because I also like real bread with (German) liverwurst and cucumbers on top.
Or bread with headcheese.
That doesn't fit well on tortillas.
Or do you think it fits well?
I like surprises and will certainly try it.
wilderone, your info is awsome. I definately will try that stuff.
It sound good to me and my taste.
In general, I do believe that I will like all the mexican stuff.
Mexicans have a damn good 'cuisine'
The only thing I really dont like, if they are cooking too 'hot'
If my mouth 'burns' after the first bite and from than on I do not know what I'm eating > no thank's I don't need that.
capn,sharky, your story is truly something.
Man, I wouyld have thought the same.
Bimbo looking for paid attention.
Like that one, real good!
jrb, yes, I will try all verieties of Mexican food.
In general: I'm eating (nearly) everything.
Wanna say, I'm not picky.
Well if it comes to (asian cuisin) row hog penis > I quit.
But thanks the Lord, Baja is not located in Asia!
Have fun with the tortillas, the fresh ones!
and a big "THANX" for all the info.
Maybe there is more?
Germanicus
wilderone - 8-13-2004 at 01:04 PM
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Good one Wilderone
jrbaja - 8-13-2004 at 01:51 PM
pan mexicano
thebajarunner - 8-13-2004 at 07:37 PM
The other distinctive on Mexican bread, typically it does not have the preservatives that are put in North of the border.
That is good news (for those purists) and bad news (for those who wish third day freshness)
And yes, Bolillos Rule!!!!
try the panaderia across the street from the old Rosarito Beach hotel, about a block north, great bolillos and churros...
mmmmmmmm.
Baja Arriba!!
but remember if someone calls you a bolillo, they are not being nice
BajaVida - 8-13-2004 at 08:18 PM
functional equivalent of the word "honky"Markitos - 8-13-2004 at 08:19 PM
Bolilllos, ah, three days old and warm jam.
Stop it !!! I've been Norte allmost a month and a half you guys are killing me!
Being Irish and all ,I've been bread to eat what evers in front of me or go
hungry. Heck I can make all kindsa neat stuff out of three day old Bolillos. Even tossed some in poor mans spagette, Taste bad BUT more filling!Markitos - 8-13-2004 at 08:21 PM
Oh yea it's better if you chase it with a frio!
And what doesn't Markitos?
jrbaja - 8-13-2004 at 08:50 PM
Anonymous - 8-13-2004 at 10:08 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by thebajarunner...across the street from the old Rosarito Beach hotel, about a block north...
That's the one...
three days old...
thebajarunner - 8-13-2004 at 10:09 PM
needs a quick trip through the toaster,
still good after that...
Baja Arriba!!
pan mexicano
BajaVida - 8-21-2004 at 06:58 PM
as a Chicano/Mexican American living in southern California we always called Mexican bread "pan Mexicano"
but now I call it "pan dulce"
I do not believe that Mexicans call it "pan Mexicano"
