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Side question: Why do people buy baguettes? Do they make sandwiches with them? How do you even make a sandwich from them? How are you meant to beat a baguette????

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Look for baguette sandwich in DDG

You just slice it horizontally for that.

[–] Balldowern@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Think of a baguette as a 3 feet long sub-sandwich. Now it starts to make sense doesn't it ?

All depends on the shape of the pan it's baked in.

Baguettes make good home-made garlic bread if sliced the right way.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

personally i eat the whole baguette.

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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] scala@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Why are they different shapes?

Sliced bread is made in loaf pans

Sourdough is made on a flat tray in the shape of a ball so it spreads out a bit.

Baguettes are made by a long strand of dough.

Bonus answer: the reason why sourdough and the baguette have the textured crust is due to the dough being sliced with a knife prior to baking.

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

This is literally called nostupidquestions and people are saying it's a stupid question...??? some people just didn't experience the same things. https://xkcd.com/1053/

A big reason is different texture, with the semisphere shape the middle can be fluffy while the outside is crunchy, for baguettes it's basically a sandwich that the whole thing fits in your mouth in one orientation, so it's a different way to eat it.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I took a trip to Tahiti a couple years back, which is a French territory. Baguettes everywhere. Fellows sold sandwiches with baguettes as the bun. French toast was day old baguettes and phenomenal. Sometimes you just ate baguettes and saw people riding their mopeds with a bag of baguettes. It's versatile and great.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

It starts with people making different sizes of bread many years ago, and continues with traditions and people having different preferences.
Having one type of bread would be boring, same way having different kind of pizza's.

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You're not supposed to beat a baguette, you're supposed to beat people with a baguette!

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

Garlic Bread.

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