Lack of Dutch Crunch in The Covid era

Jtwo

Has anyone else noticed an alarming lack of fresh Dutch crunch rolls since the pandemic started?

My locally owned markets used to have them daily, as well as Safeway. All markets near me have opened their bakeries are supplying donuts and bagels… but no tiger bread!

Has anyone else been experiencing this?

exodus

Hmm, they seem to be plentiful at the grocery store near here, but I’ll double check next time I’m in there.

Jtwo

Reporting from SR fwiw

pattheflip

my local deli has dutch crunch and it’s really bad for some reason? like, it’s not crunchy. it’s dutch bleah.

Fishie

I have never seen those in Holland, ask a Dutch person about them and they will look at you as if you speak Martian.

exodus

It’s only called Dutch Crunch in America! Somebody made it on the great british bakeoff and called it some other thing and I had to look it up.

MazoPanku

exodus I’ve never been to the bay area and I live with the offspring of a Dutchman and neither of us knew what the hell Dutch Crunch was, but fortunately the internet does!

I’m a trash baker so I assume every loaf of bread I make is gonna be tiger bread eventually.

Jtwo

It’s cool when it’s made, the scaly part on top is actually like a liquid coating.

man when you get a good one with some of the runoff cooked onto the bottom of the roll… just delightful.

Fishie

MazoPanku Tiger bread is quite different and gets its crunchy exterior from egg yolk.

sosadillatron

I’m a pretty boring and traditional Sourdough man, partially because Dutch Crunch seems to always be out.

exodus

I think tiger bread is what everyone else calls dutch crunch @Fishie!!! wikipedia says so anyway.

also sourdough rules and it’s impossible to get a good one outside california so it’s only boring and traditional if you’re from the bay I think.

Syzygy

I am learning that Californians have a lot of strange ideas about bread.

jUAN

Syzygy I agree, Californians are weird about bread. At least it isn’t some crazy nonsense like Austin residents claiming they have the best Tacos in Texas. They have (had?) some one sided rivalry with San Antonio for a while.

Jtwo

lmao!
What other strange ideas do we have?

whatsarobot

Yall ever had a Montreal bagel? That’s the only bread I’m weird about.

Dang I could go for a Montreal bagel right about now, is what I am thinking most of the time.

Edit: Yes, I’ve eaten bagels in New York City several times, but they are the second-best bagels. Sorry.

Fishie

whatsarobot Nah, the best Bagels in the world are in Antwerp Belgium at a place called Brooklyn Bagel.

Jtwo

No! I’ve never had a Montreal Bagel! Is it a specific flavor or style? Or just Bagels from Montreal in general.

whatsarobot

Jtwo Kind of both, is the answer!

Traditional Montreal bagels (which are real hard to find outside of Quebec, even in non-Quebec Canada!) are boiled in water with honey, so they’re a little bit sweet (but not at all dessert sweet). Also, they are smaller and chewier than New York bagels.

sosadillatron

I’m not sure what’s weird about our bread. If you want to see us get hype though, get us to talk about our taquerias. It’s our version of New York folks talking about their pizza.

sabertoothalex

sosadillatron me thinking about the lengua at Tacos Sinaloa and the egg taco at Tacos Oscar Hell Yeah, Baybee

saddleblasters

I had no idea what Dutch Crunch was before this thread, so every time I see someone post here I have to remind myself that this isn’t a thread about the mysterious lack of mandatory overtime in Dutch game companies over the last year.

whatsarobot

saddleblasters ＳＡＡＡＡＭＥ！

Jtwo

It’s the greatest type of roll, indisputably!

saddleblasters

Jtwo maybe once The Covid Era ends and Dutch Crunch returns to this world I’ll set out on a quest to try it. (Though according to others on here, apparently Dutch Crunch never left. I’ll have to look for it the next time I get groceries.)