On Sun 12 Jul 2009 08:35:25a, Jean B. told us...

> Opinicus wrote:
>> 2009.07.07
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page On this day...
>>
>> <quote>
>> 1928 €“ The Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe, Missouri, USA,
>> first produced sliced bread, advertised as "the greatest forward step
>> in the baking industry since bread was wrapped", which then led to the
>> popular phrase "the greatest thing since sliced bread".
>> </quote>
>>
>> See also:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread
>>
>>
> Maybe a great thing for the food industry, but not such a great
> thing overall.
>

Not so much the slicing of it, but the quality of the bread itself.

I've often wished for a bread slicing machine for homemade loaves, but with
much wider slices.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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We plan, we toil, we suffer in the hope of what? A camel load
of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of
Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in
time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs. ~J.B. Priestly