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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by theobeers on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @09:49AM (#31014628)
Keep in mind, this service appears to be focused on India, where the kind of loaf bread pictured is also not the most traditional. (When I lived in Afghanistan and would occasionally buy loaves of sandwich bread at groceries catering to expats, my Indian colleagues referred to it as "double roti"—a term I found delightful. I wonder how common that usage is in India these days.)
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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by sundarurfriend on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @12:22PM (#31016592)
> this service appears to be focused on India, where the kind of loaf bread pictured is also not the most traditional.

While that's technically true, when we use the word "bread" we generally mean this (Western?) kind of bread. For the Indian kinds of bread we normally use roti. In everyday contexts, if someone says bread, it almost always refers to the kind of bread pictured there.

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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by Symbiote on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @01:57PM (#31017916)
I don't think it's fair to accuse all the West of preferring this type of bread.

It's British or American, depending how much sugar was added.

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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by FredPret on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @06:23PM (#31021032)
My favourite bread is Wonder Bread, fight me
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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by fho on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:02AM (#31014751)
Indian cuisine also has a pretty wide selection of different "breads" (dough patties? DeepL does not even know a word for "Teigfladen" (de)). Naan and Roti are probably the most known, but there are several others including very fatty ones.

(somebody from India please chime in, I don't know the names :-) )

(Not from India but had an Indian roommate once and attended his wedding in India thereafter (obviously :-))

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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by webmobdev on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @11:17AM (#31015680)
- 20 different types of roti to try out if you thought all Indian breads are the same: https://www.innfinity.in/food/types-of-roti/

- 15 Best Indian Bread Recipes: https://food.ndtv.com/lists/10-best-indian-bread-recipes-146...

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