Woody Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 How long has sliced bread been in existance? Quote: History This photograph depicts a "new electrical bread slicing machine" in use by an unnamed bakery in St. Louis in 1930 and may well show Rohwedder's machine in use by the Papendick Bakery Company. The multiple cutting bands in Rohwedder's 1928 slicer are shown in this diagram from his patent.Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa invented the first loaf-at-a-time bread-slicing machine. A prototype he built in 1912 was destroyed in a fire[2] and it was not until 1928 that Rohwedder had a fully working machine ready. The first commercial use of the machine was by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, which produced their first slices on July 7, 1928.[3] Their product, "Kleen Maid Sliced Bread", proved a success. Battle Creek, Michigan has a competing claim as the first city to sell bread presliced by Rohwedder's machine; however, historians have produced no documentation backing up Battle Creek's claim.[4] The bread was advertised as, "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped."[5] St. Louis baker Gustav Papendick bought Rohwedder's second bread slicer and set out to improve it by devising a way to keep the slices together at least long enough to allow the loaves to be wrapped.[6] After failures trying rubber bands and metal pins, he settled on placing the slices into a cardboard tray. The tray aligned the slices, allowing mechanized wrapping machines to function.[7] W.E. Long, who promoted the Holsum Bread brand, used by various independent bakers around the country, pioneered and promoted the packaging of sliced bread beginning in 1928.[8] In 1930 Wonder Bread, first sold in 1925, started marketing sliced bread nationwide. Trouble is ... sliced bread didn't exist long before it was outlawed and banned in the 1940s . See - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread Why was it banned? . According to the New York Times, officials explained that "the ready-sliced loaf must have a heavier wrapping than an unsliced one if it is not to dry out." It was also intended to counteract a rise in the price of bread, caused by the Office of Price Administration's authorization of a ten percent increase in flour prices. What would we do without big government watching out for us? Hey DGRIMM ... do you think this is interesting???? HA HA HA HO HO HO HE HE HE Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
Outta Here Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Nifty! St. Louis is the home of Panera Bread Company. This bakery, known in St. Louis as the St. Louis Bread Company still uses a bread slicer very similar to the one in the picture. They will use the machine to slice loaves of bread or bagels right in front of you if you ask! Quote
Members phkrause Posted December 23, 2009 Members Posted December 23, 2009 Wow that is very interesting Redwood. What made you check out bread slicers? pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted December 23, 2009 Members Posted December 23, 2009 LOL check out the shout box, pk... Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others?
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted December 23, 2009 Members Posted December 23, 2009 depends on when you open the jar :) Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others?
Members phkrause Posted December 23, 2009 Members Posted December 23, 2009 LOL check out the shout box, pk... That's for the heads up rudywoofs. So I'm guessing that's why Redwood checked out sliced bread? pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
GreatLakesGramma Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Speaking of sliced bread, today my husband brought home a large loaf of unsliced bread, all wrapped up in foil with a red bow. It was a thank you gift, baked and given to him by an out of work single mother. The construction manager at the job he's been working at for the last couple of months has been gathering up the used wire and other metals from the old buildings that are being replaced, and giving them to the woman to sell to the salvage yard. My husband gave him some money to give to her. The bread is sliced now. My husband and son enjoyed some of it for supper. Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
Members phkrause Posted December 23, 2009 Members Posted December 23, 2009 That's awesome GLG. pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
GreatLakesGramma Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Actually, I didn't have anything to do with it. My husband gave his own personal spending money. I just thought it was really sweet of that woman to make a loaf of bread for him. Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
Woody Posted December 23, 2009 Author Posted December 23, 2009 HEY ALL PLUS the bible says that JESUS is the bread of life dgrimm60 Yes dgrimmm ... but hopefully we don't slice or dice Him. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
Members phkrause Posted December 24, 2009 Members Posted December 24, 2009 But many try don't they dgrimm. We try to place him in a box. pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
Woody Posted December 24, 2009 Author Posted December 24, 2009 Good one pk Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
Woody Posted December 24, 2009 Author Posted December 24, 2009 for sure ... He doesn't deserve to be in a bread box. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
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