*Smells loaf of bread “This bread was made by someone with a middle name that starts with a J” *Tastes bread “I believe they’re separated from their wife but on good terms”

"Salt is about 2.5%" Ok, dude has more experience with bread than I have with breathing.

Takes a bite: “ah yes, this was kneaded by an 80 year old woman with osteoporosis in a small Norwegian village”

I love how at the beginning, he knows which bread is more expensive, but he still pay so much respect and thankful for the cheaper bread because it's affordable for millions people. Such a wise gentleman.

This dude can smell the percentage of water in bread.

There's been a bread expert, condiment expert, meat expert, cheese expert and a bacon expert. Please get all of these guys together to make a sandwich.

This guy is not just a bread expert, he is a master baker and wrote one of the best books on baking sourdough bread ever

I love how the “focaccia” is literally a store bought pizza crust

I may not be an expert but I’m pretty sure the bread that looks more complicated is the better one.

I appreciate him taking time to note the importance of manufactured cheap bread. We all know artisan style breads taste better in every way, but mass produced bread has saved so many. Bless.

I completely can taste the bread just by listening to his explaination.

Jim lahey really changed his life around glad to see he isn’t a drunk running the park anymore

Shout out to the person who decorated the chalk board

**chews half a slice of bread** “Maybe about 2% salt”

Are we just gonna ignore that his name is Jim Lahey?? TPB for live. RIP JIM

15:02 "I'm gonna spit it out. Wait, I'm on camera."

The more it looks like a rock you find near a river or in a forest, the more expensive it is

*Someone bring in the water expert*

Americans watching this: Why in the world should anyone need to know this much about Bread? Germans watching this: This guy is really good at hiding his German accent.

*Takes a sniff of the bread* “By the smell of the bread, I can tell that the baker’s name is John.”

Most of these I swear you can tell just by looking at them

*Bites bread* “this dough was refrigerated for an hour”

I can’t be the only one who wishes they would say how accurate the experts’ general guesses are, like when he guessed the salt amount or the alcohol experts guess the age. I imagine they’re right, and that would be so fun to learn!

Meanwhile in another universe: Bread looking in the camera, saying: "let's see how these 2 bakers taste like"

3:30am and I’m watching a guy judge bread. This is truly the greatest time to be alive.

"let me do a crumbparison" 😂Don't know if anyone else caught that, but I was laughing

Give this man some water

the “saved many people from starvation” rly hit me hard

Yes most of us can tell which is more expensive but I doubt any of us could give as much detail as to why it is more expensive and what to look for like this guy did.

I love that he was so kind and understanding about the "Bad" white bread in the beginning. I remember having to eat sandwiches almost exclusively as a child on very cheap bread. I can't imagine what I would have had to eat without it.

*gets a whiff of a breadcrumb* Ah yes, the baker is 45 years old, probably of north-western european heritage, his wife is a teacher and they live in an medium class 1500 sq feet house in the suburbs of Jacksonville, Florida. Classic.

He is also mostly complimentary on the cheaper bread. I appreciate that he is not a snob and realizes that a vast majority of people cannot afford to pay $11 for a loaf of bread!

“Crumbparison.” I like him.

The first cheap bread is legit a subway footlong bread

A crazy amount of bread knowledge aside, it was really easy to guess which was the expensive one every single time in this episode compared to many of the others.

0:00 Trailer Park boys lmaoo

Does anyone appreciate this guy's respect for industrial bred?

I love how he acts all surprised when he gets it right as if he isn't an absolute genius when it comes to bread

This epicurious series has really been an educational tour for me with regards to appreciating the food we eat, i feel like a connoiseur with all the knowledhe and points emphasized on each food. I doubt anyone can simply be an expert without really being or having experienced in the production of the food and beverage. Only way you can identify is if you were to recreate it yourself

15:00 - funniest moment I've ever seen in one of these Expert videos. Also, this was a hard one! Usually they're comparing a $80 something to a $10 something, but here the differences are just pennies in some cases!

I love the fact that he isn’t bashing it because it’s cheap, and he also acknowledges that processed foods (albeit detrimental to your health long term) has saved ppl from starving. We love a socially conscious ....bread expert 😅 👍🏾

"That is so foul.......but I can see how some people might enjoy it." He's so nice even when he's throwing shade.

I like that guy, he seems really honest and his opinion aren't biased. He's a rare breed of humble specialists

I like that he still has appreciation for low-cost, mass-market bread and understands why it exists and why some people eat it.

*Picks bread on how it looks, taste, sound, and feel* Me an intellectual: *Picks which looks more french-ish*

I still have a great appreciation for whoever makes the art in the background

Company : yeah after this guys done, the best ones were trying Dude: *inserts nose in every loaf*

It's funny how he's so interested in 2B's color. 😂 This is my favorite type of bread, you always have a couple different ones to choose from in a bakery here in Germany. The “cap“, the first piece with lot's of thick rind on it, is the best piece of the entire bread, nice fresh and crunchy it goes well with strong flavoured toppings like a stronger cheese, smoked bacon or liver sausage (my personal favorite). You can get cheap bread in every supermarket and that's fine, but a proper nice tasty loaf of bread is worth the money. When bread stays good for a couple of weeks, I'm weirded out. I'm used to bread being off after a week. It tastes best day one and goes downhill from there. It's a fresh product. It doesn't just hold your toppings, it's an equally important part of the meal.

I love how he recognized the practicality and legacy of the hot dog bread lol

The backgrounds on this videos are really underapreciated

It’s amazing to see people who are passionate and love what they do.

I liked this guy within the first few seconds because he admitted what we never think of in the industrial world, which is that cheaper industrial made products like white bread have a purpose because they offer millions of people both in our own countries and others affordable food products that meet their dietary and budgetary needs. Not everyone can afford organic, not everyone can afford artisan, and we should always remember that.

glad he's at least being reasonable with mass produced bread while being passionate about expensive bread

It's amazing how every expert brought on for this stuff is actually an expert and has a passion for ALL things they are experts in. They don't outright express the fact the cheaper stuff is bad and they always list pros to the cheaper stuff. Most of the time they arent perfectionists and and snobby about the stuff. You can tell they appreciate all the stuff they are presented with.

14:14 "If you want to do a Crumparison"🤣

That first one had to have been a joke. The one bread was a subway loaf.

Hot sauce expert was ginger Chocolate expert was brunette Ice cream expert was the fairy godmother Cheese expert was blonde Bread expert is bald We're waiting for a white haired sugar expert.

"A" ... _Exquisite._ "B" ... _A life saver._ *A* *PRACTICAL* *PURIST* *!* _I really _*_like_*_ your style Lahey !!!_

At this point I come to these videos for the chalkboard art. Still watch and love the videos, but man the highlight is this chalkboard artist. What a talented artist!

Why is nobody talking about the fact that his name is Jim Lahey?

"That is pretty fowl. But I can see how some people might enjoy it" this guy is a legend

As an Italian, that schiacciata looks pretty damn amazing even for our local standards. Respect to whoever is delivering that level of quality in the US

4:28 “Cinnamon?! Vanilla?!?” 😂

As a french person, I can say with confidence that all french people are bread experts xD. Took me 1 second to know which bread was higher quality xD

"It looks like it was done for effect.. I don't know what effect it has, but there it is." I absolutely love this man.

“that is pretty foul” “but i can see how some people might enjoy it” gee.what a guy

8:35 That’s rugbrød and we eat it everyday in Scandinavia

A visual analysis was enough for these. The expensive breads are so rustic and beautiful.

Again with the chalkboard, I really like to see the behind the scenes of how they finish the incredible artwork

All the experts should get together and make a restaurant 😂

You guys always bring on the best people you can, they all seem so in love with there craft and expertise it genuinely makes me smile while watching someone talk about bread.

Very much improved! Great video, thanks for showing this cool method. Other than my partner telling me I have come to the point that I’ll watch paint dry 😂this is great!

I love this guy, you can tell he's super passionate about bread and knows a lot about them. He has interesting intonation, especially when going over the two loaves in the second round, hah. I also cried a bit when he praised the first cheap loaf for how it saved hundreds of millions of lives and all that- the things people take for granted, yeah? And yeah, holy crud the backdrop work on this is amazing! Whoever works on these deserves a decent commission or salary

I love how he doesnt bash the industrial made bread. And acknowledge the fact that it saves lifes by feeding a lot of people

10:48 A villager's trying to figure out which one is the best bread for breeding.

I think this guy is surprisingly soothing to listen to his explanations.

You want people to be like Focaccia - Very open - Not dense

"Crumb-parison" Love this guy 😂

I kept waiting for the Trailer Park Boys to show up to mess with him.

*calls a white bread rye bread, it also costs 12$ me: cries in scandinavian

any one else not a bread expert but still able to guess which was more expensive based on appearance alone?

Me, a person who doesn't know a thing about bread, while drinking my coffee: Ah, yes, lovely focaccia...

yall need to buy his book “My Bread” it is so simple and fun to make really great bread. Thanks Mr Lahey

Jesus christ, this is the most specific and scientific description of anything I've ever seen, this man is truly a master of bread

I love how he's not snobby about bread, even though it's his expertise. A lot of people would just dismiss the regular industrialized sandwich bread but he recognizes the enormous importance it had for the well being of the human race. Major props.

Him: all those little holes are called "alveoli" Me: alveoli alveoli give me the formuoli

8:20 Okay, I just burst out laughing when they brought in a loaf that looks legit WHITE in the rye bread category lol, wtf?

This was wonderful. I could have listened to him forever!

Who is handing out these bread degrees

“The liquor’s calling the shots now, Randy.”

Always love the background drawings of this series

Him: "I smell natural fermentation on this one" Me: excuse me what 😀

My favorite food series on youtube 😭😭😭😭 you guys dont do it often but they’re always GOLD

This may be my favorite backdrop of the entire series. Kudos to the artist as usual! 👍👍. Really looking forward to this episode because *_bread is life_* and represents so much. Love trying different styles of bread when I travel abroad.

This is the most interesting video I’ve watched in recent memory. I love it.

Love seeing Jim being able to geek out on bread!

"I am the bread, Randy" -Jim Lahey

KZfaq recommendations: Bread expert guesses cheap vs expensive bread 4.1M people: Interesting.

This one was definitely visually much easier than the tea one. But I still really appreciated how in depth he went when describing the breads. 🤤

Seeing these people so passionate about what they do makes me question my career choices