Review of Wegman's Whole Grain White Bread

I admit it; I'm a white bread kind of girl. I blame it on my mother, who insisted that we eat only organic bread. It's her fault, really, that my first taste of Wonder bread turned out to be an experience I still remember fondly, even though I'm now in my 40's.

I loved white bread! It was soft, and moist, and tasted good! It was so different than organic bread... there was no way I could ever go back. But go back I did, being 8 and having no say in the matter.

This is all background as to why I have bought nothing but white bread for more than 20 years now. Occasionally (in adulthood) I found myself at a sandwich buffet with no white bread and became all the more appreciative of it. Indeed, the adage "absence makes the heart grow fonder" rings true, even though I don't think it was in reference to white bread.

Last weekend I was intrigued when the Sample Lady at Wegman's was handing out Whole Grain White Bread. She must have noticed the utter look of confusion on my face because she stopped to explain it to me. "This tastes like white bread but two slices have a serving of whole grains."

I just couldn't get my head around that. How could it be white bread and and be whiole grain bread at the same time? As I pondered this great mystery of life, she handed me a little cup with a PB&J sample in it. I tasted it.

"Oh my God! " I practically yelled at her.

"I know, " she nodded, "Right?"

"This tastes like white bread!" I gushed, "I can't even tell the difference!"

"It's right down in bakery," she motioned, "Dollar forty-nine a loaf!"

I thanked her and went to get my Wegman's Whole Grain White Bread.

I brought it home thinking that my family would not be able to believe this! They both looked at the label suspiciously. (Who could blame them?)

We always keep the bread in the fridge, so I kind of forgot about it. A couple days later I pulled it out for breakfast. I made toast from the Wegman's Whole Grain White Bread without telling my family that it wasn't their regular white bread.

My husband took one bite, stopped mid-chew, and said, "What kind of bread is this?"

Not a good sign. I told him that it was Wegman's Whole Grain White Bread. He shook his head, looked at again, shrugged his shoulders, and came to his conclusion. "I'll finish it." Not a high score from Hubby.

Son finally came downstairs, slipped into his seat and took a bite of toast. He ripped off the crust- pretty odd for a 13 year old who eats everything that isn't nailed down. After taking a bite out of the buttery middle he announced, "I don't like this bread." Srike two.

"Really?" I said in disbelief. "I loved it in the store." I took a bite of each of their toasts, and you know what? I didn't like it so much either. Either I was really hungry that day in the store or the peanut butter and jelly hid the flavor of the bread- I'm not sure which- but I had to give the Wegman's Whole Grain White Bread a thumbs-down, too.

I had been so excited about Wegman's Whole Grain White Bread that I even spent the extra 50 cents on it! (And that's saying something from someone as tight as I am!) From now on, it's back to the old 99-cents-a-loaf white bread for us.