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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J'adore ce reflet vénitien. Et Paris sous la neige est quand même quelque chose de rare. Cela m'a fait très plaisir de te croiser. Je t'envie d'être au soleil. Ici tout est gris, et sinon il y a de terribles et dévastatrices tornades en méditerrannée (surtout au sud de l'Italie et en Sicile)
ReplyDeleteI like both slice and unsliced, at least with the latter you can make yourself a bigger slice.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful reflection!
ReplyDeleteYour last sentence is spot on!
ReplyDeleteWow! I didn't realise that sliced bread grew in popularity so quickly. No wonder it was considered the 'best thing'.
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These pictures are stunning - Also the sliced bread thing, I think it's for convenience surely? Thank you for taking part in #WeeklyWonders and for sharing your snaps.
ReplyDeleteLovely images of Venice, Lydia. I guess sliced bread "saves time" and is "convenient". It also disguises the fact that factory-made sliced bread is like a sponge and if you take a slice and knead it you get a little rubber ball... Home-made bread is wonderful. Thank you for taking part in the "My Sunday Best" meme.
ReplyDeleteyou are kidding??? unsliced bread is more expensive? luckily, chez nous, we can slice ourselves a loaf if we want(there are machines in the shop) and there is no price difference. I prefer unsliced because bread stays fresher.
ReplyDeleteIt's about $10 here, but much, much better bread. Bag bread, or sliced bread is cheap(ish) what we get for kids....Australians have become really weird about bread and coffee, and for awhile, smashed avocado.
DeleteI just realised we probably give sliced bread to kids because unsliced bread is so expensive, not because of the texture. HA!
DeleteGorgeous photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2026/02/weve-had-still-more-snow-since-last.html
What beautiful photos! Ha! What is so special about sliced bread?
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