What kind of bread do people in Quebec prefer? (movies, living in)
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One thing I usually notice in supermarkets when I go to the USA is that the bakery section is usually much, much smaller than in Quebec, with less selection to chose from.
Here in Quebec, the typical supermarket will usually bake bread on the premises, and it is quite usual to have a bakery section bigger than the sliced bread aisle. I know it exists also in the USA but it doesn't seem to be as widespread as here.
These would be pretty typical bakery sections of medium-sized supermarkets :
or this
Even in small towns of 3 000 - 5 000 people, the bakery section of the local grocery store would look like this. AND there would usually be another independant bakery in the village.
In my household, we usually have a baguette, a loaf of bread (un gros belge, for example) or some kind of specialized bread almost every day for dinner (and eat the leftovers for breakfast).
But, as Acajack mentioned, we also have sliced bread for breakfast or to make sandwiches for lunch.
One thing I usually notice in supermarkets when I go to the USA is that the bakery section is usually much, much smaller than in Quebec, with less selection to chose from.
Here in Quebec, the typical supermarket will usually bake bread on the premises, and it is quite usual to have a bakery section bigger than the sliced bread aisle. I know it exists also in the USA but it doesn't seem to be as widespread as here.
These would be pretty typical bakery sections of medium-sized supermarkets :
or this
Even in small towns of 3 000 - 5 000 people, the bakery section of the local grocery store would look like this. AND there would usually be another independant bakery in the village.
In my household, we usually have a baguette or a loaf of bread (un gros belge, for example) every day.
But, as Acajack mentioned, we also have sliced bread for breakfast or to make sandwiches for lunch.
There is also often a bit of a culture gap at the cheese counter too!
I remember living in Austin, Texas. You go the local(Texas-wide, I believe) supermarket chain called H-E-B(Here Everything's Better; ironic name in this case and ironic in general because it's a cheap supermarket) which could be compared to Provigo, IGA and Metro here in Montreal.
And then they will have "french bread" which is kinda ironic because i wasn't able to find that kind of bread in Montreal. most people here won't be able to eat that, no i don't think lol. but if you go to Whole Foods, which is marketed toward the rich people, then you could get good bread.
The supermarket in the Northeastern U.S. that might match up with the bread selection of supermarkets in Quebec is Wegmans which are commonly found in Massachusetts and upstate NY. Hannaford Bros. has a smaller but equally interesting selection. Notice that both chains are headquartered in states that share a border with Quebec (Wegmans in New York and Hannaford in Maine) so they might have taken influence from Quebec.
Out of curiosity what types of breads are available to our op in Mississippi?
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