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Italy has pizza. We have this. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

Wonder Bread is fine. Is it "good bread"? Lmfao no, by no metric, but what it is is dirt fucking cheap, subsidized by the government, widely manufactured throughout the country and enriched with enough developmentally essential nutrients/vitamins to prove very effective in reducing childhood and adult malnutrition related diseases amongst the poorest populations in the country for the last 60-some years.

It's not a parisian baguette no, but absolutely nobody has ever thought it compares (with one hilarious exception), and the world is overall better for it's existence.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    That's more or less a summary of the major issues with American food. It's industrialized and standardized into a way where it'll keep you alive for cheap and is inoffensive. But it's weirdly sweet and one can't help but wonder why the first mass subsidized bread wasn't whole wheat.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    White bread lasts longer than whole-wheat bread, and white flour is the cheapest available flour (well, since industrialization. Historically it was reserved for special occasions and the social elites) . Also Wonderbread is available in whole wheat. Also also:

    In the United States, consumers sometimes refer to white bread as "sandwich bread" or "sandwich loaf". [9] It is often perceived as an unhealthy, bland, and unsophisticated menu item.

    Hostess, the makers of such delightful American™ staple foods as Twinkies, Ho-Hos and (for many years) Wonderbread, went bankrupt more than a decade ago, so like... they weren't (and aren't) a huge part of the american diet.

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