On Wed 15 Jul 2009 05:21:15p, Arri London told us...

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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>> On Sun 12 Jul 2009 08:35:25a, Jean B. told us...
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>> > Opinicus wrote:
>> >> 2009.07.07
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page On this day...
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>> >> <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>
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>> >> See also:
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread
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>> > Maybe a great thing for the food industry, but not such a great
>> > thing overall.
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>> Not so much the slicing of it, but the quality of the bread itself.
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>> I've often wished for a bread slicing machine for homemade loaves, but
>> with much wider slices.
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> Our Krups slicer has adjustable thickness for slices. We use it all the
> time for my homemade bread. The Maternal Unit likes it very thin, while
> my preference is for much thicker slices. Obviously it wasn't cheap but
> it's been in use for about 15 years if not more.

I don't own a slicer, but that's a great idea. It never occurred to me to
use a regular circular slicer for bread. Duh!

There was a now defunct bakery in Cleveland that produced excellent bread
for sale both in their bakery shops and as packaged breads in better
supermarkets. They used to produce a firm loaf of white bread sliced
somewhere betwen 1/8 and 3/16 inch thick, which made it ideal for making
homemade melba toast. I used to make it frequently, using various flavored
butters, sometimes sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds, etc. I miss
having that source. I could see the value of a slicer at home.

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Wayne Boatwright
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