Picnic Bread (From South Africa)

From: Mike McCartney

On Jul 24, 2008

I wish I could give it 10 stars! This is now my favorite bread. I did everything as directed except I didn't add any pepper. Like others I needed much less buttermilk than called for (I used about 3/4 cup). One word of warning, for the first set of loafs I used glass loaf pans and the results were not good. They stuck to the pans even though they were well greased, and the texture was just off. The next set I made with metal loaf pans and the results were perfect. I will be making many, many more of these. A hundred thanks for the great recipe.

From: Halfmoon

On May 19, 2008

This bread is just brilliant! I've made at least 8 since I found the recipe. We took one loaf to the beach yesterday- should have taken two!! I've been asked to make another for someone travelling a long car journey in a couple of days time. That with a bag of sweet cherry tomatoes.... What more could you ask for? I used dry cured, slightly smoked back bacon which gives a lovely flavour. Thanks for great recipe Zurie

From: Debloves2cook

On May 29, 2006

I'm not sure how I found this recipe, it seemed so unusual, but I was intrigued and had to try it. WOW!!!! I couldn't believe how good this is! I was skeptical, but it is a sandwich in a piece of bread and it doesn't need butter!!! I told my sister-in-law about this bread and how the reviews said you don't need butter. Her response was, "I have never met a bread that doesn't need butter." But now she & I believe, there is a bread that doesn't need butter and this is it!! This was so great, I served it with navy bean soup and a salad, the perfect hardy satisfying meal, DH had two pieces and the rest of only needed one. I halved the recipe and thought I made it as posted till I realized I used tabasco sauce for the chili sauce, but it worked for us. I used turkey bacon. I can hardly wait to try the leftovers tomorrow, it will probably be even better!! You have got to try this recipe!!!

From: Nana Lee

On Oct 14, 2005

Since I live alone I decided to halve the recipe. It worked just fine. I even tested it on my shopping pals. We all take the same van for shopping. Their comments were "delicious", "wow, don't need butter on this", "good without having to make it into a sandwich". They echo my comments. This was indeed a delicious bread without having to slather it with butter or something else. I liked the texture, it reminds me of some of the "Old World" breads I was brought up on. And very filling on its own. Thanks for the taste treat, this goes into my Bread and Rolls file. Thanks also for the green bean stew!