I've a lot of jetlagged 3am thoughts - but not necessarily at 3am. What do you think was happening in 1928 when sliced bread was invented that made it 80% of bread sales by 1933? Were knives terrible? Were they making 100s of sandwiches a day? What was so hard about cutting bread that made it so popular? Was it because kids could make their own lunch without using sharp knives?
I found this article interesting, but it didn't really explain it (but when it was banned during the war, it caused public outcry). If you can believe it, there is a book which I've just ordered on the social history of sliced bread...I will no doubt keep you informed of such pressing matters as I learn.
Why do you think it became the standard of the most popular invention with which to compare all other inventions since?
There is an irony that we now pay double for unsliced bread, deemed 'better'. Unsliced loafs are now the best thing since sliced bread!
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