Light bread is a fairly regional thing.
Used to be able to buy some pretty good fluffy light bread
in this area. The last of the half decent light bread here
was Mrs. Baird's. The heirs sold out to the mex baking
company bimbo, and there's been nothing decent around
here since. Every loaf of light bread you buy at a store
has that barely risen half cooked swirl in the middle
regardless if you pay 99 cents or 3 dollars.
It's usually only palatable if you make toast and slather
it with jelly for breakfast or mustard or something for
a quick sandwich. I've got to where I just make
cornbread or skillet bread here if I'm using bread
for sopping etc.
Not many here notice since most are drunk or high
and the border jumpers mainly utilize tortillas
Grew up eating Mrs Baird’s bread and bakery products.
Like you said, they’ve gone to hell since the Mexicans bought them out.
There was a Mrs Baird’s bakery / factory in the hometown I grew up in. You could drive by and the smell of fresh bread was awesome. They also had a “Day Old” outlet store, where their Delivery Drivers would return the products that were getting close to expiration, and sell dirt cheap. Lots of folks that had hogs would buy that stuff for feeding them.
When I was a kid, they had damn good fried pies made with fresh local grown fruit. And killer honey buns and Sweet Rolls called Bear Claws. Now their stuff is barely edible.
