Sliced bread was the greatest invention since what?
"so than other staple foods like meat. Bread-baking was industrialised at the start of the 20th century. Otto Frederick Rohwedder developed a prototype bread-slicing machine in 1912, and a practical machine that both sliced and wrapped bread in 1928. A major change was the development in 1961 of the Chorleywood Bread Process. This used the intense mechanical working of dough, and control of gases touching dough, to dramatically reduce the fermentation period and the time taken to produce a loaf at the expense of taste and nutrition. For generations, white bread was the preferred bread of the rich while the"
"phrase """"the greatest thing since sliced bread"""" is a common hyperbole used to praise an invention or development. A writer for ""The Kansas City Star"" wrote that ""the phrase is the ultimate depiction of innovative achievement and American know-how."" In 1940, a form of bread consisting of two wrapped half-loaves was advertised as the ""greatest convenience since sliced bread"". Sliced bread Sliced bread is a loaf of bread that has been sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as ""the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped"". This"
"Sliced bread Sliced bread is a loaf of bread that has been sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as ""the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped"". This led to the popular phrase ""greatest thing since sliced bread"". Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, United States, invented the first single loaf bread-slicing machine. A prototype he built in 1912 was destroyed in a fire and it was not until 1928 that Rohwedder had a fully working machine ready. The first commercial use of the machine was by"
"sold commercially on July 7, 1928. Sales of the machine to other bakeries increased and sliced bread became available across the country. Gustav Papendick, a baker in St. Louis, Missouri, bought Rohwedder's second machine and found he could improve on it. He developed a better way to have the machine wrap and keep bread fresh. He also applied for patents for his concepts. In 1930 Continental Baking Company introduced Wonder Bread as a sliced bread. It was followed by other major companies when they saw how the bread was received. By 1932 the availability of standardized slices had boosted sales"
"manufacture the machines. In 1917 a fire broke out at the factory where Rohwedder was manufacturing his machine. It destroyed his prototype and blueprints. With the need to get funding again, Rohwedder was delayed for several years in bringing the bread slicer to market. In 1927 Rohwedder successfully designed a machine that not only sliced the bread but wrapped it. He applied for patents to protect his invention and sold the first machine to a friend and baker Frank Bench, who installed it at the Chillicothe Baking Company, in Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1928. The first loaf of sliced bread was"
"long enough to allow the loaves to be wrapped. 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. 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. In 1930 Wonder Bread, first sold in 1925, started marketing sliced bread nationwide. As commercially sliced bread resulted in uniform and somewhat thinner slices, people ate more slices of bread at a time, and ate"
"the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, which sold their first slices on July 7, 1928. Their product, ""Kleen Maid Sliced Bread"", proved to be a success. Battle Creek, Michigan, has a competing claim as the first city to sell bread sliced by Rohwedder's machine; however, historians have produced no documentation backing up Battle Creek's claim. The bread was advertised as ""the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped."" 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"
"socialize. On July 7, 1928, a bakery in Chillicothe, Missouri introduced pre-cut bread using the automatic bread-slicing machine, invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. While the bread initially failed to sell, due to its ""sloppy"" aesthetic, and the fact it went stale faster, it later became popular. In World War II bread slicing machines were effectively banned, as the metal in them was required for wartime use. When they were requisitioned, creating 100 tonnes of metal alloy, the decision proved very unpopular with housewives. World War II directly affected bread industries in the UK. Baking schools closed during this time so"
"Wonder Bread Wonder Bread is a brand of bread sold in North American stores and produced by three distinct companies: in Canada by Weston Bakeries Limited, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, in the United States of America by Flowers Foods, and in Mexico by Grupo Bimbo. It was first sold in 1921 in the United States, and it later became one of the first to be sold pre-sliced, being marketed like this nationwide in 1930. This led to the popular phrase ""the greatest thing since sliced bread"". Wonder Bread was originally produced by the Taggart Baking Company of Indianapolis,"
"mustard, to enhance its flavour and texture. As well as being homemade, sandwiches are also widely sold in restaurants and can be served hot or cold. There are both savoury sandwiches, such as deli meat sandwiches, and sweet sandwiches, such as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The sandwich is named after its supposed inventor, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. ""The Wall Street Journal"" has described it as Britain's ""biggest contribution to gastronomy"". The modern concept of a sandwich using slices of bread as found within the West can arguably be traced to 18th century Europe. However, the use"
"Taggart was purchased by Continental Baking in 1925. This made Wonder Bread a national brand and added ""It's Slo Baked"" to the logo. In the 1930s, Continental Baking began marketing Wonder Bread in sliced form nationwide, one of the first companies to do so; this was a significant milestone for the industry and for American consumers, who, at first, needed reassurance that ""wonder-cut"" bread would not dry out. The W. E. Long Company of Chicago, which had formed a cooperative of bakeries to market Holsum Bread had pioneered and promoted the packaging of sliced bread two years prior, in 1928."
"the people of Toronto – it's here at last – the delicious Wonder Bread."" Made from unbleached flour and ""Slo-Baked,"" Wonder was said to produce ""more slices and thinner slices"" when cut, yet would not crumble. By 1934, ""Sliced Wonder,"" an early version of sliced bread, was being promoted by the Ideal Bread Company Limited of Toronto, with no fewer ""than 26 slices in a loaf."" By 1940, Wonder Bakeries Limited had become the maker of Wonder Bread in Canada, along with Hostess cakes and cookies, although local bakers continued to be the actual manufacturers. New products were introduced that"
"at Riverside Cemetery in Albion. Otto Frederick Rohwedder Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 7, 1880 – November 8, 1960) was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use. It was first used by the Chillicothe Baking Company. Rohwedder was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1880, the son of Claus and Elizabeth Rohwedder, of ethnic German descent. He was the second youngest of four brothers and a sister. Rohwedder and his family lived in Davenport, where he resided until the age of 21. He attended Davenport public schools. He then became an apprentice to a"
"bread more than 3,000 years ago. Mycenaean ceramic griddles had one smooth side and one side covered with tiny holes. The bread was probably placed on the side with the holes, since the dough tended to stick when cooked on the smooth side of the pan. The holes seem to be an ancient non-sticking technology, ensuring that oil spread evenly over the griddle. The modern non-stick pans were made using a coating of Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE). PTFE was invented serendipitously by Roy Plunkett in 1938, while working for a joint venture of the DuPont company. The substance was found"
"Otto Frederick Rohwedder Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 7, 1880 – November 8, 1960) was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use. It was first used by the Chillicothe Baking Company. Rohwedder was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1880, the son of Claus and Elizabeth Rohwedder, of ethnic German descent. He was the second youngest of four brothers and a sister. Rohwedder and his family lived in Davenport, where he resided until the age of 21. He attended Davenport public schools. He then became an apprentice to a jeweler to learn a trade."
"U.S. patent for a method of making processed cheese. Kraft Foods developed the first commercially available, shelf-stable, sliced, processed cheese; it was introduced in 1950. This form of sliced cheese (and its derivatives) have become ubiquitous in U.S. households ever since, most notably used for cheeseburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches because of its ability to cook evenly, distribute/stretch smoothly, and resist congealing, unlike traditional cheddar cheeses. Competitors lobbied unsuccessfully to require processed cheese be labeled ""embalmed cheese"". The first commercially available, individually wrapped, cheese slices were introduced in the U.S. by Clearfield Cheese Co. in 1956. U.S. Patent 2759308 by"
"a United States patent for his clips. He did win numerous patents for the high-speed ""bag closing apparatus"" that made the clips, inserted bread into bags and applied the clips for the finished product. The bread clip was developed in the early 1950s, because there was a growing need to close plastic bags on the packaging line very efficiently. Manufacturers, using more and more automation in the manufacture and packaging of food, needed methods to allow them to raise production volumes and reduce costs. At the same time a hurried population of consumers wanted a fast and easy way to"
"the seventeenth century, where the naturalist John Ray observed that in the taverns beef hung from the rafters ""which they cut into thin slices and eat with bread and butter laying the slices upon the butter""— explanatory specifications that reveal the Dutch ""belegde broodje"", open-faced sandwich, was as yet unfamiliar in England. Initially perceived as food that men shared while gaming and drinking at night, the sandwich slowly began appearing in polite society as a late-night meal among the aristocracy. The sandwich's popularity in Spain and England increased dramatically during the nineteenth century, when the rise of industrial society and"
"made cheese slicers from his workshop, and on 27 February 1925 he patented the object which is today found in most households in the Nordic countries. In 1927, he started the firm known today as Thor Bjørklund & Sønner AS. The company still produces cheese slicers in Lillehammer, and has operated since November 17, 2009, as a subsidiary of Gudbrandsdal Industrier AS. Thor Bjørklund Thor Bjørklund (October 30, 1889 – December 8, 1975) was a Norwegian inventor and businessman. He is best known as the inventor of ""Ostehøvel"", a popular cheese slicer which developed into an important Norwegian export product."
"Bread knife Bread knives are used for cutting bread and are one of many kitchen knives used by chefs. The serrated blades of bread knives are able to cut soft bread without crushing it. One such knife was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago by the Friedrich Dick company (Esslingen, Germany). One design was patented in the United States by Joseph E. Burns of Syracuse, New York. His knife had sections of grooves or serrations, inclined with respect to the axis of the blade, that form individual small cutting edges which were perpendicular to the blade"
"to the bakery daily. The invention, initially opposed by the Jerusalem municipality for being above-ground, won the Kaplan Prize for distinction in productivity and efficiency. Also in 1965, the brothers introduced new long ovens and kneading machines. That same year, they produced the country's first sliced bread and bread containing soy flour. To enter the whole wheat bread market, the bakery imported its own wheat-cleaning machine from Hungary; the machine actually had to be smuggled out since Hungary did not have diplomatic relations with Israel at the time. However, health-food consumers were wary of the first whole-wheat loaves because they"
"international marketing of his products. In 1887, Starrett acquired further patents. In 1890, L.S. Starrett patented a micrometer with other improvements, transforming the rough version of this tool into a modern micrometer. During the same year Starrett began making and refining saw blades, and continues to be a major manufacturer as of 2015. In 1895 Starrett patented the divider with trammel. In 1920, the company added its first gage to the product line and quickly became the world’s largest innovator and maker of precision calibrators. Between 1941 and 1945, Starrett increased its production by 800% and won the Army- Navy"
"through the food. Bread knife Bread knives are used for cutting bread and are one of many kitchen knives used by chefs. The serrated blades of bread knives are able to cut soft bread without crushing it. One such knife was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago by the Friedrich Dick company (Esslingen, Germany). One design was patented in the United States by Joseph E. Burns of Syracuse, New York. His knife had sections of grooves or serrations, inclined with respect to the axis of the blade, that form individual small cutting edges which were perpendicular"
"who continue to slice their own bread... we are prepared to take stern measures if necessary."" On March 8, 1943, the ban was rescinded. Wickard stated that ""Our experience with the order, however, leads us to believe that the savings are not as much as we expected, and the War Production Board tells us that sufficient wax paper to wrap sliced bread for four months is in the hands of paper processor and the baking industry."" Due to its convenience, sliced bread is popular in many parts of the world, and the usual thickness varies by company and country: The"
"and that it was critical for the batter to be baked before the gas escaped. The development of baking powder created a system where the gas-producing reactions could be delayed until needed. While various baking powders were sold in the first half of the 19th century, the modern variants in use today were discovered by English chemist and food manufacturer Alfred Bird in 1843. Bird's creation of baking powder enabled the sponge to rise higher in cakes. This new invention, writes cookery author Felicity Cloake, ""was celebrated with a patriotic cake"", Victoria sponge. August Oetker, a German pharmacist, made baking"
"from the Long Company the rights to use the Holsum name for their bakery and its bread . Flowers Foods, one of the southern U.S. region distributors, bought Holsum Bakery in 2008. The Long Company was named after its founder William Edgar Long. In 1928, Long created and pioneered the concept of packaging sliced bread two years before the Wonder brand of packaged sliced bread appeared on store shelves. The Holsum brand name remains a registered trademark of the Long Company cooperative, which has expanded across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Holsum Bread Holsum Bread is an"
"the United States in the late 1890s, but did not achieve popularity until the 1920s. Until then it was hand polished with a long handled tool called ""galleras"". Due to its likelihood of cracking, terrazzo was used at a small scale in comparison to the large expanses we see today. Two inventions resulted in its rise in popularity: divider strips and the electric grinding machine. The invention of divider strips by L. Del Turco and Bros. in 1924 contained the cracking of terrazzo by allowing the material greater space to expand and shrink after installation. This invention made terrazzo a"
"Berkel meat slicer Berkel meat slicer machines were produced since the end of the 19th century and were the world's first. In the 1890s, the butcher Wilhelmus Adrianus van Berkel invented a hand-held machine to cut ham, sausage and meat more precisely and faster than before. The Berkel patent was about a handwheel set in motion a movable table sled, which slid towards a sharp, convex, rotating blade. On October 12, 1898, Berkel founded the world's first factory for slicing machines in Rotterdam. In 1899 he sold and dispatched 84 slicers. Berkel's cutting machine was quickly developed. Later models were"
"appliances stopped again and the company was constrained to produce containers for gas masks. In the aftermath of WW II., the company continued producing bread slicers and other gadgets for housekeeping and kitchen. In 1949, the Schneidboy (“slicing boy” with five circular blades for slicing mainly vegetables) was presented to the public for the first time – it was awarded the iF product design award and was sold more than 10 million times. The first electrical food slicer as well as the first built-in food slicer were introduced to the market in 1968 – both went into production still that"
"Unsliced bread returned for a while during World War II due to a steel shortage that led to an industry-wide slicing suspension in 1943. Bread slicers returned two years later. During the 1940s, Continental Baking began adding vitamins and minerals to Wonder Bread as part of a government-sponsored program of enriching white bread, which was notoriously deficient in vitamin and mineral content, to combat certain diseases. Known as the ""Quiet Miracle"", this development is credited with greatly reducing the incidence of the diseases beriberi and pellagra. Wonder was also the first national bread brand to feature open dating as well"
"January 1906, Post introduced ""Elijah's Manna,"" later renaming it Post Toasties Double-Crisp Corn Flakes, and marketing it as a direct competitor to Kellogg's Corn Flakes. John Harvey Kellogg was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 for the discovery of tempering and the invention of the first dry flaked breakfast cereal, which ""transformed the typical American breakfast"". John H. Kellogg is one of several people who have been credited with the invention of peanut butter. Rose Davis of Alligerville, New York has been reported to have made a peanut spread as early as 1840, after her son"
"bread itself. The process speeds up at cooler temperatures, such as under refrigeration, and thus bread stored at room temperature remains fresher for longer periods than refrigerated bread. (Frozen bread, however, traps the moisture as ice, and prevents the staling process.) Breadboxes are thus designed to: The most common reference to breadboxes is the phrase ""Is it bigger than a breadbox?"" when trying to guess what some surprise object may be. This question was popularized by Steve Allen on the American game show ""What's My Line?"" where he initially asked the question on 18 January 1953. It remains a popular"
"invention at that time - the first commercially successful version was patented in July 1909 - and the bread had to be turned manually once the first side had been toasted. During a shopping trip, Copeman's wife Hazel gave them the idea for a toaster which turned the bread without manual intervention, and in 1914 a patent for what Copeman called the Automatic Toaster was filed in Hazel's name. Five other toaster-related patents were granted to both Lloyd and Hazel during the same year. The invention of the pop-up toaster in 1926 superseded Copeman's innovations, however. A company called Copeman"