January 22, 2002 at 12:00 am #41040
Lori22580
Participant
White Bread (literally, the bread) is made from white flour which has parts of the wheat removed -a lot of the ‘roughage’ that gives whole wheat bread a stronger flavor – stronger but unappealing for some people. So as a metaphor, the expression ‘white bread’ referring to style, cooking, personality, etc. usually means no particular ethnic, regional or cultural flavor, i.e. bland but inoffensive. Think of TV newscasters who have rid themselves of any individual accent or speech patterns, clothing or hairstyles that would betray their background.