what is a good soup bread, im gonna make clam chowder for a potluck tomorrow and was gonna select some bread for the peeps to eat with as well. I dont know the difference between those fancy breads


for example, my standard is what they use to make bread bowls at panera, whatever thats called i think would be a good start

but you know, cheaper is good, but i will also entertain better quality

cuz huh, heh, i aint tryna go broke feeding these niggas

11/11/2010 3:50:26 PM

just get a big fucking bag of oyster crackers at Costco



[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM. Reason : like the picture...except bigger]

11/11/2010 3:51:20 PM

them little crackers

11/11/2010 3:51:39 PM

fuck that thats horseshit


i want hearty fuckin bread

[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM. Reason : s]

11/11/2010 3:51:44 PM

^^^

[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM. Reason : oyster crackers]

11/11/2010 3:51:45 PM

any fool can throw pigeon food around

11/11/2010 3:52:30 PM

sourdough

hands down

[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM. Reason : oyster crackers suck]

11/11/2010 3:52:31 PM

just get a french loaf, crusty bread is great with soup.

11/11/2010 3:53:04 PM

the more they get full up on the more i get to bring back home

gotta serve it up with something that will fill up the plate ya dig

[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 3:54 PM. Reason : s]

11/11/2010 3:53:43 PM

use a loaf of french bread as a really deep bread bowl

you'd probably have to sip it

11/11/2010 3:54:08 PM

Ciabattas would be great with clam chowder.

11/11/2010 3:54:09 PM

Hard to fuck up bread with soup. Just don't nig it up and bring Wonderbread.

11/11/2010 3:55:14 PM

Quote :

"them little crackers"

11/11/2010 3:55:41 PM

The bread bowls are Panera are oversized Sourdough dinner rolls (they sell them in the bakery in two sizes, along with regular Sourdough bread). The bread they serve with it is a regular french baguette.

Assuming you already have oyster crackers (because really son you need those, as much crockpotting you do) a type of sourdough bread wouldn't be bad. For something like clam chowder you can't really go wrong with any kind of bread as long as it's not, like, multigrain or overly nutty (definitely skip on the rye).

I used to work as a baker at Panera so I keep thinking of them, just because if you're in a rush their bakery is definitely the best part of the store. They sell Tomato Basil bread which is a type of Sourdough, that would work.

Really you want anything soft and absorbent with some flavor of its own (sourdough breads).'

You can even just get dinner rolls.

Or a french bag.

Fuck dude all bread is good, and unless you're going to a goddamn bakery and picking something out your choices are going to be limited anyway.

11/11/2010 3:55:52 PM

thanks guys!

i think i have enough to find the cheapest alternative

sourdough eh, who would have guessed

i might buy some of that just to eat it straight up

11/11/2010 3:58:13 PM

This is a very important question.

What style of clam chowder?
New England, Manhattan, Chesapeake?

11/11/2010 3:58:49 PM

I would sure as fuck hope it wasn't Manhattan style

11/11/2010 4:01:56 PM

^^Excuse me sir, the fourth popular variant needs to be included, Outer Banks style (no lie).

11/11/2010 4:22:19 PM

11/11/2010 4:22:54 PM

Oyster crackers is the correct answer. And real ones, not those hexagonal ritz things.

11/11/2010 4:25:38 PM

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"Outer Banks style (no lie)."

what do they call it, Hatteras Style or something?

either way, NE > Manhattan

11/11/2010 4:29:15 PM

I call it Hatteras Style, but Wikipedia calls it Outer Banks style, which is probably more appropriate.

11/11/2010 4:35:42 PM

lemme tell you. if yo girl's clam has got some chowder you best quadruple wrap that shit if still gonna hit it. nasty ass mothafuckas.

11/11/2010 4:37:38 PM

Quote :

"^^Excuse me sir, the fourth popular variant needs to be included, Outer Banks style (no lie)."

I had never heard of this...please elaborate...

Nevermind, I googled it. And found an interesting note about New England style...

Quote :

"Adding tomatoes to clam chowder was shunned, to the point that a 1939 bill making tomatoes in clam chowder illegal was introduced in the Maine legislature."

We need to raise up and pass some shit like that for our BBQ. These Lexington fuckers need to gtfo.

[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 6:38 PM. Reason : .]

11/11/2010 6:36:08 PM

Asiago Focaccia.

11/11/2010 6:41:48 PM

SANFRAN SOURDOUGH!

11/11/2010 7:18:52 PM

sourdough ftw

11/11/2010 7:22:08 PM

i 2nd the french bread idea. mmmm that sounds so delish right now

11/11/2010 8:02:49 PM

k so I went to Freddy Kroger and bought a managers special big ass soft sourdough parbake loaf for 75 cents

the style of chowder is the ONLY chowder that matters, new england

im adding the sweetest of mixed white and yellow corn to it because i wanted to twist it up.

so i just gotta find time before serving the chowder to finish the bake, and rest it so i can cut it up into portions.

11/11/2010 8:43:29 PM

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"for example, my standard is what they use to make bread bowls at panera, whatever thats called i think would be a good start "

You really don't know that's sourdough? Your poor tastebuds

11/11/2010 8:47:42 PM

Quote :

"for example, my standard is what they use to make bread bowls at panera, whatever thats called i think would be a good start "

You really don't know that's sourdough? Your poor tastebuds

11/11/2010 8:47:42 PM

im not blessed with the greatest pallette

11/11/2010 10:18:54 PM

i cut the sourdough up into little squares and then coated the crust and most likely some of the bread in butter


waited about five minutes and then brushed some australian honey over the top

im worried about it melting when i reheat it, so should i just leave it alone? I actually finished the parbake perfectly and the crust is beautiful

11/12/2010 11:05:20 AM

just make sure the soup is hot when you serve...

11/12/2010 11:16:55 AM

I am shocked at the lack of bread snobs itt.

i expected "oh, asiago and focaccia bring the essence of a good clam chowder into the pallette of the blah blah blah bullshit (puke) blah."

11/12/2010 11:20:46 AM

lol! me too

but that quickly went down the shitter when those fools told me to use oyster crackers


i expected flames when i explained that I bought a MANAGERS SPECIAL sourdough PARBAKE loaf from KROGER

11/12/2010 11:24:15 AM

why? you're feeding that garbage to other people, not picking it for yourself



but bread has few basic ingredients and there's a fairly specific science to it. if they sell it, its probably edible.

11/12/2010 11:29:58 AM

Quote :

"but bread has few basic ingredients and there's a fairly specific science to it. if they sell it, its probably edible."

the same can be said for beer, but clearly no one wants to start a thread about the best beer to go with (x) type of food

11/12/2010 11:31:16 AM

mostly because there are entire forums and sites devoted to that



but most beer sold commercially is drinkable. its not like BHS said he was a baker or anything. and we're just all impressed that making clam chowder didn't involve opening 5 cans of cambells's chunky

11/12/2010 11:35:27 AM

white bread

11/12/2010 12:30:49 PM

saltines nigga

dont get fancy

11/12/2010 12:34:08 PM

dammit i didnt get any to take home

they fuckin ate all my shit those assholes

next year more bread, and im takin half the clams out and freezin em til i bring the soup home, then ill put em back in

[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 3:08 PM. Reason : c]

11/12/2010 3:07:43 PM

You always leave some at home if you want to have leftovers. Silly potluck n00b

11/12/2010 3:12:04 PM

how many of them asked if you had any saltines or oyster crackers

11/12/2010 3:12:53 PM

not a hot damn one

11/12/2010 3:54:08 PM