In Germany, this is Toast. Not Brot. (Kat Nickola)
In America, you likely bought your bread off a grocery store shelf where it was sold sliced and in a plastic bag. Here in Germany, the equivalent product is called Toastbrot or just toast. Becautilize of German regulations, it will not contain the additives and preservatives common in U.S. breads. To be clear, however, it is not real German Brot (bread).
Toastbrot is an American invention that was brought to Germany after World War II. It was never fully accepted, though, since it simply didn’t stand a chance competing against the local fresh-baked German Brot. The word toast was adapted from English into German becautilize the bagged loaves were, in the German mind, designed for the novelty of being utilized in a toaster. In fact, some Toast is marketed as “American Style” when it is 50% larger than the regular varieties.
Brot is a different thing entirely, intricately entwined in the centuries-old German bread culture. Also, Brot comes from a bakery. You will not find Toastbrot at a bakery since the lower-quality product is only utilized for toasting or building snack sandwiches. It is, essentially, seen as the quick-food of baked goods and certainly not equivalent to healthy, fresh German bakery Brot.
Buying bagged Toast at the grocery store is fine for some things, but it isn’t considered a good, healthy Brot. (Heorshe – stock.adobe.com)
