Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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...is ok, I suppose, if it is a fresh cheese Danish from New York
City,
although I'd prefer a Napoleon or an eclair.
What? You don't like the typical "Danish" made famous by supermarkets,
highway rest area cafeterias and coffee trucks? Day-glo fillings, and
hideous white glaze?


Uh, no. There are very few places outside of NYC where you can get
decent danish or, for that matter, decent fresh bread. When I first
moved to Jacksonville and went to the supermarket, I was appalled by
what the stores there were passing off as "bread." It all resembled
Wonder Bread, no matter what its shape or size. Imagine an Italian sub
roll whose crust and insides were the same mushy consistency, and
tasting like Wonder Bread.

A former neighbor of mine used to get the "real deal" danish and bread
shipped in from New York. His dad ran a Chinese restaurant adjacent to
Grand Central station, and at least once a month, he'd put together a
care package for us.

The situation is a little better in the DC area, although it isn't easy
to find a good rye or pumpernickel or really authentic bagels. Good
bread is supposed to have real crust.

We do have an Irish inn restaurant not too far from us that bakes its
own bread, and, according to my Irish-American wife and her father, it
is "authentic." Good stuff. Sadly, we don't have any authentic, New
York-type Jewish delis in this area. Thus, no good deli bread or pastry.

My wife, being from the S.F. Bay Area, loves sourdough, and not just
any sourdough. She likes the original, which is Boudin. They claim that
the foggy atmosphere helps in the sourdough process. Whatever, it IS
good. http://www.boudinbakery.com/



I have to agree that some of the breads, including sourdough, that I've
had in SF have been very good. I like crusty sourdough dinner rolls.

Panera Bread, a bakery-restaurant chain, make decent breads and rolls.

We actually have lots of good breads in California. a bunch of specialty
bakeries supplying the stores. As to Danish, head to Solvang, Calif, A
town of danes decended from immigrants. The town survives on mostly the
tourist trade and the bakeries are very good.

My wife also has a "need" for a Casper's hotdog fix once inwhile.