Question of the Day #3
Before people said, "That's the greatest thing since sliced bread" what was the greatest thing? And has there really been nothing to replace sliced bread as the greatest thing? Ponder.
posted by Jared at
11:28 PM
3 Comments:
Sliced bread is overrated. The wheel--now that invention was something.
By
Anonymous, At
1:01 PM
The wheel did nothing to improve the sandwich.
By
Jared, At
6:10 PM
From About.com ( http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltoaster.htm):
Sliced Bread - Otto Frederick Rohwedder
Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the bread slicer, which he started working on in 1912. At first, Rohwedder came up with the idea of a device that held the slices together with hat pins (not a success). In 1928, he designed a machine that sliced and wrapped the bread to prevent the sliced bread from going stale. Pre-sliced bread was popularized by Wonder Bread in 1930, helping to spread the toaster's popularity further. "
and from FoodReference.com ( http://www.foodreference.com/html/fslicedbread.html ):
"Otto Frederick Rohwedder has been called the father of sliced bread. He worked for many years on developing a bread slicer, starting in 1912. His first efforts met with resistance from bakers, who informed him that the sliced bread would quickly go stale. By 1928, Rohwedder had finally designed a slicer that would also wrap the bread."
Before that, people had to slice their own damn bread. Oh, the horror.
My big question is who ever thought that tasteless, spongey white shit masquerading as bread was any good? I guess Wonder was better in the early days.
...And it sold like hot cakes!
Ain't Google wonderful?
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Anonymous, At
9:01 AM
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