"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Thu 26 Jun 2008 09:43:43p, Bob Terwilliger told us...
>
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>> Elongated sausage slices make for a nicer presentation for cold cut
>>> platters, the eliptical form fools teh ey into forgeting it's sausage,
>>> and typically the salamis are rolled into a tube, for presentation and
>>> easier serving, so the longer slice having an extra turn is less likely
>>> to unroll). For sandwhiches the larger slices extend further past the
>>> bread, giving th eillusion that you're getting more, having the
>>> sandwich guts hang out is an old deli trick used especially when
>>> building subs... using longer narrower brread with the guts hanging out
>>> is a methoid that appers there's more when actually there is less...
>>> Subwawy restaurnts use this marketing technique, and others. Many delis
>>> like to slice hard/fermented salamis on the bias because those should
>>> be sliced thinly or they'll be tough/chewy and since thin slices weigh
>>> less slicing the larger bias slices requires less slicing labor to
>>> reach weight. Those are the only reasons, slicing sausage on the bias
>>> in no way improves the product.... it's not like sausage has a grain
>>> like a steak. Delis that slice on the bias are doing it for their own
>>> selfish reasons, not for the customer's benefit. Ther eare many, many
>>> tricks delis incorporate to increase profits, like staking the meat
>>> thicker in teh center where teh samdwich will be cliced, to make it
>>> look like a thicker sandwich, when in fact the meat in the center was
>>> pushed in from the ends... and be wary of delis that use sheets of
>>> waxed paper between the slices, typically the more expensive meats and
>>> cheeses... that heavy duty commercial paper weighs more than the thin
>>> food slices... the foolish customers end up paying good money for
>>> paper. When properly sliced and stacked the slices won't stick.
>>
>>
>> "if you're going to post diatribes filled with gibberish, proof read,
>> you
>> illiterate newbie *******."
>> --Sheldon in rfc, March 25, 2007
>>
>>
>> Bob
>
> Nice bit of digging, Bob!
>
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
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> Thursday, 06(VI)/26(XXVI)/08(MMVIII)

and you can be just like your hero Bob, all you have to do is be just like
Sheldon and Google a lot, too.

You're already a flaming ****ing idiot.