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I definitely agree with you.
Last week I spent 3 hours reading labels at Walmart, and never did find a sliced loaf of bread I could eat.  Walmart just doesn't carry any of the "natural"/ "pure" type breads that might work for us, I guess. Next weekend I am taking a trip into the city to shop though, hopefully I can stock up then.
Well, so far as why they use it...my guess is that it is cheap, sweetens well, and stays stable/ has a long shelf life. I don't know that to be entirely true...but it sure seems like that's how the business world works. Always what's best for the bottom line... 
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If you know any stores which would sell bread and buns that are good to have I'd like to know which they are.
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Our farmers produce corn, the farmers' congressmen get all kinds of stuff passed making the agriculture industry more profitable, and it ends up cheaper for American companies to buy American HFCS than foreign sugar. Other countries don't use HFCS even close to as much as we do. So, that's my theory. Besides being crappy for IBS, I've also heard that it REALLY screws with your metabolism, and is a big factor in childhood obesity (more than it's actual calorie value).
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Makes perfect sense to me...
Everything comes back to politics, doesn't it?
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#177803 - 05/09/05 05:57 PM
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I know this guy who buys his coke at Mexican shops because he says he can taste the sugar vs. corn syrup in our American pop. He does not have IBS- just thinks himself a gourmand. It is nice to go to Europe and not worry about HFCS.
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#177804 - 05/09/05 06:05 PM
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It is hard to find normal, cheap brands that don't have HFCS and so many brands are local. In my area there is a bakery brand in the stores called New French Bakery. They make breads, baguettes and rolls that are safe. This same sort of thing might be elsewhere with different names or a person might have to buy bread at a real bakery. It takes some searching around. At least bread freezes well when you do find a safe brand- you can stock up.
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"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Re: HFCS
#177811 - 05/09/05 06:23 PM
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I know this guy who buys his coke at Mexican shops because he says he can taste the sugar vs. corn syrup in our American pop. He does not have IBS- just thinks himself a gourmand. It is nice to go to Europe and not worry about HFCS.
Ahh, so true..I can sometimes drink a little soda made in Mexico without a problem. I can even do root beers (all root beer is caffeine free) that are made in the states with sugar and not HFCS. Boylans right now is my favorite...at the end of a high soluble food meal of course. That and jams that come from Europe made with sugar and NOT HFCS help keep me happy and stable.  Kandee
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Ok...chalk this one up as an absolutely ridiculous question...but...
How do you freeze bread?
I must be doing something wrong, as mine always tasts "like it has been frozen". Maybe I'm defrosting wrong? I've been wrapping banana bread and things in aluminum, and other things (sourdough and such) in plastic freezer bags. Is that the problem?
How long can you keep bread in the freezer? Do you freeze it right when you get it, or wait a few days?
Sorry for the silly questions, but I just feel like I'm really missings something simple on this one...
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There's no such thing as a silly question!
I find that bread will never taste the same after being frozen but its good if after it defrosts you toast or warm it (only that bit that's for immediate consumption though)
It depends on your freezer how long you can keep it...its good in mine for three months.
I freeze in aluminium foil and plastic bags too so I don't so that as the problem..
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I've frozen Heather's Zucchini Bread and her Pumpkin Apple Spice Bread with excellent results. Since there are only 2 of us in the house, I freeze them in half-load portions. I wrap each half-loaf in waxed paper, then in aluminum foil, then place it in a plastic bag. (I feel guilty about the plastic bag, so I save it to reuse the next time I bake bread.)
When I'm ready to eat a loaf, I take it out of the freezer and put it in the refrigerator, still triple-packaged, where it stays until I finish it. The flavor is very good and the only change I've noticed is that the apples in the Pumpkin Apple Spice Bread are a little softer.
I haven't made banana bread, but I would think the same technique would work for that, too.
White breads, like baguettes, I wrap in aluminum foil, then put in a plastic bag. Those I only eat after heating or toasting, which I think somehow "puts back" the flavor - or at least disguises that "I've been frozen" taste.
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