One of the things we Midwesterners remember most fondly from childhood is Brownberry Bread, made from a recipe that includes cracked wheat, unbleached wheat flour, and a touch of vinegar and whey. It's a distinctly old-fashioned, dense bread. Not only does it actually have flavor, it keeps well in the fridge, making it both convenient and nutritious. We credit this bread with instilling a life-long love with complex flavor and natural ingredients, and nothing means home to us like a loaf in the fridge.
It's not available on the West Coast, so we've gone to extremes to get it, begging family to send a loaf in times of need, and checking an unbelievably heavy Box of Carbohydrates on every plane trip back to the Brownberryless West.
On our last trip, we were stunned to learn that the company that now makes Brownberry (Arnold on the East Coast, Orowheat in the West) decided to discontinue it in favor of a lighter, sweeter loaf. In one moment, our happy memories of youth were destroyed along with our turkey sandwiches. Oh, we thought, they don't know what they're getting into. The Midwest is going to revolt.
And, we are proud to report, our people did not let us down.
Hooray for the people! Just goes to show that you don't just have to lie down and take it!
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Greetings, Arnolds Brownberry bread eaters!
I have been trying to find Arnold's website, or their contact to write them, to let them know that I am just elated to see my bread come back! I am 62 years old, and since Pa left the bakery in 1950, we have eaten ONLY Catherine Clarks famous Brownberry bread! Then a few years ago or so, I was mortified to see Brownberry bread no longer available! Being a bakers son, I know good bread, and almost all of the breads you buy in the stores and many bakeries today, is junk. Cheaply made, no taste, horrible! Most of the bread tastes like eating cardboard (for those breads that have any flavor). I sincerely hope that Arnold's will carry on with the ONLY bread that I eat, for many years to come. It is sooo good, yum! Only problem, is Walmart where we shop only shelves 6 loaves at a time, and 50% of the time I shop and look to get Arnold's bread, it's gone! I don't see how anyone can eat all the junk bread that is out there today! That's not bread! Oh, about the Walnut problem, simple, just mark the package with walnuts in it, so those who are alergic to walnuts know, and won't eat the bread. Simple! But everyone knows today, that so many people are sue happy! I thank Arnold bakeries for bringing back the number 1 best facory bread ever made! Oh, I thought I would let everyone know. The Catherine Clark Bakery company was only 35 miles from our home, in Wisconsin!
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