On 3/1/2014 1:50 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:03:06 -0500, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 2/28/2014 4:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote
>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>> I thought the term 'wheat bread' was used around here. I am sure
>>>>> I've seen posters use it.
>>>> Bread is automatically wheat unless stipulated otherwise such as rye,
>>>> oat, corn, etc.
>>> Yes, agreed and if they had said, 'wholewheat/wholemeal I wouldn't have
>>> given it any thought.
>>>
>> I've been in a number of NJ diners where the waitress asks "white or
>> wheat". To many people wheat=brown - they don't seem to understand that
>> the white stuff is also wheat...
>
> That is how they've been referred to for decades. White and wheat.
>
> What do you call white sandwich bread, then? White. We all know
> they're made out of wheat. Sheesh.
>
Logically, that would be "white or brown". _Not_ "white or wheat".