what was the name of the round sliced loaf from the late 60s, early 70s?
Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at
12:37 am
i know it was some kind of milk loaf,but what brand.
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Nimble or Slimcea
Nimble, was the brand, ‘She flies like a bird’ was the song.
You can still buy Nimble bread.
You can still buy it. It’s called "Blackpool Milk Loaf". Yes as in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
Milk Loaf – They still sell it in some shops now – it’s similar to the soft white bread you get in france/spain etc – very soft and ever so slightly sweet.
Warburtons do their version af a ‘MILK ROLL’
http://www.warburtons.co.uk/our_products/bread/white.html#milk
Fancy making your own – here is a milk loaf recipe!!!
Preparation time 1-2 hours
Cooking time 30 mins to 1 hour
Ingredients
1½ tsp fresh yeast, crumbled
350g/12oz whole milk, at room temperature, plus extra for brushing
20g/¾oz golden or maple syrup
250g/9oz plain white flour
250g/9oz strong white flour
1¼ tsp fine sea salt
25g/1oz unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
olive oil, for greasing
flour, for dusting
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 210C/410F/Gas 6.
2. Place the yeast, milk and syrup into a large bowl and whisk together.
3. Add the flour and salt and mix with your hands to bring together as a soft, sticky dough.
4. Pour over the warm melted butter and mix this into the dough with your hands, then cover the bowl and leave to stand for ten minutes.
5. Grease your hands and a flat clean surface with olive oil. Remove the dough from the bowl and knead for ten seconds, then form the dough into a smooth round ball. Wipe the bowl clean and grease with olive oil, then return the dough ball to the bowl and leave for a further ten minutes.
6. Repeat this ten-second kneading and resting process every ten minutes twice, then leave the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
7. Grease a deep 12x19cm/5x8in loaf tin and dust with flour. Divide the dough into two equal pieces, shape into two balls and place side-by-side into the loaf tin. Cover with a cloth and leave to rise for one and a half hours, or until almost doubled in height.
8. Brush the top of the loaf with a little milk and place into the preheated oven to bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and bake for a further 25-30 minutes, or until the top of the loaf is a shiny dark brown and the loaf has come away from the sides of the tin.
9. Remove from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
hovis or malt loaf
There used to be one called "Big T" in the seventies which was round.
I remember the adverts for it had something to do with cowboys
Milk loaf
it was "Milk loaf" that`s what it was called…
Was it ‘Nimble’ (remember the balloon advert?) My Nan used to love it!