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Default Happy Sliced Bread Day!

On Wed 15 Jul 2009 05:17:29p, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> 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.
>>

> Yes, I was thinking of the variety of bread and its quality. I
> think the availability of the sliced bread in markets led folks
> away from baking their own, and away from regional variations.
>


I'm sure you're right.

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