Flat pack bread - the result

So proof of the pudding - in this case the bread - is in the eating. And the Ikea loaf in the box has passed with flying colours.
First this morning it made toast. Now any bread this substantial is going to make quite a slice and this was no exception, but it became crisp and chewy with a good bite. Not quite the long taste of a sourdough, but interesting enough and fine with peanut butter and home made lime marmalade - separately that is.
Tonight we had it with a selection of cheeses and it again was good - not overpowering, but interesting and moorish.
So, it does work. And I expect it to improve with age over the next few days - if it lasts that long....
The rest of supper was an organic chicken roasted with fresh herbs on a bed of thinly sliced fennel. Great taste, tough to eat. The roasted vegetables were refreshed with half a tin of tomatoes, and there were steamed red potatoes. Altogether good, if disappointing, expensive bird. The left overs had better be good.