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Topic: Sliced bread


  
  Bread - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breads may also contain some amounts of sugar, spices, fruit (such as raisins, pumpkin or bananas), vegetables (like onion or zucchini) nuts and seeds (such as caraway, sesame or poppy seeds), which are often used for decorative and flavoring purposes.
Bread that is kept in warm moist environments is prone to the growth of mold.
Bread may be dunked or dipped into a liquid (such as beef gravy or olive oil), topped with various spreads, both sweet and savory, or serve as the enclosure for the ubiquitous sandwich with any number of meats, cheeses, vegetables or condiments inside.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bread   (4743 words)

  
 Sliced bread - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sliced bread usually refers to a loaf of bread which has been pre-sliced and packaged for convenience.
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.
The ban was intended to reduce wastage, on the theory that sliced bread goes stale faster than unsliced.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sliced_bread   (251 words)

  
 Bread - Wikipedia
Breads are a group of staple food-products prepared by baking, steaming, or frying a dough[?] consisting primarily of flour, water and optionally a leavening agent.
Bread is one of the oldest prepared foods, dating back to the Neolithic era when, cereal grains and water were mixed into a paste and cooked.
Bread was a primary staple of diet in much of European history, from at least 1000 BCE into modern times.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /br/Bread.html   (975 words)

  
 Sliced bread - Uncyclopedia
Invented in 1337, sliced bread is considered one of the crowning achievements of mankind, until the birth of Clint Eastwood.
Recently discovered tablets have suggested that sliced bread may have been invented as early as 300 AD by the Hittites but the earliest proven existence of sliced bread was in 1337 when a group of monks convened in Scotland to solve the shortage of potatoes, bread, and ale; staples of the Scottish diets.
Investors often ask their bankers "will this make me any bread"; the various new-account promotions offered by First Proctor Silex Savings Bank would be in far less demand were it not for the invention of sliced bread.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Sliced_bread   (632 words)

  
 Meridian Magazine: Bread: The Staff of Life
Bread is often called the "staff of rye, life." In one form or another - rye, brioche, whole wheat loaves, or sourdough bread - it is basic to dinner in most cultures.
Sliced bread, packaged in plastic bags and made to last longer than a day or two, provided a convenience unknown to previous generations.
Sliced bread that comes in a plastic bag, no matter the brand or the variety, just doesn't taste quite the same as a slice of homemade bread.
www.meridianmagazine.com /aroundthetable/060228bread.html   (1286 words)

  
 Nik Cubrilovic » Sliced Bread and its greatness: A conspiracy?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sliced bread began it life as ordinary bread, in one large chunk, only to later be divided in a Marxist way and distributed in equally proportionate slices.
This demonstrates that the production-line slicing of bread at the point of manufacture was by no means a great achievement as what is otherwise though.
What might come to a shock to lovers of pre-cut bread, is that, obviously due to it’s popularity (or perhaps a government plot to put an end to the use of the new TBTSSB cliche) sliced bread was at one stage outlawed.
www.nik.com.au /archives/2003/04/06/sliced-bread-and-its-greatness-a-conspiracy   (686 words)

  
 Waitrose.com - White Bread - Waitrose Food Illustrated
Sliced bread was one of the first true convenience foods, and its immediate commercial success demonstrated what a good idea consumers thought it was.
In addition, the regulations governing bread and flour production require white flour to be fortified in order to meet the approved nutritional levels: 100g of flour must contain at least 0.24mg of thiamin (vitamin B1), 1.6mg of nicotinic acid, 1.65mg of iron and between 235mg and 390mg of calcium carbonate.
However, sliced bread is brilliant for at least five things I can think of (bread sauce, melba toast, mincemeat bread and butter pudding, garlic croutons and French toast), all of which involve cooking.
www.waitrose.com /food_drink/wfi/ingredients/breadriceandpasta/9912092.asp   (729 words)

  
 Math 696 -- Multi-variable integration: the best thing since sliced bread   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To compute the volume of a loaf of bread, you slice the loaf into thin slices and add their volumes.
The volume of a slice is its thickness times the area of its face, and so you get the volume of the loaf by integrating the area of a slice.
The bread-slicing principle is the basis of Cavalieri's principle, which says that if all slices of one loaf by parallel planes have the same areas as the corresponding slices of another loaf, then the two loaves have the same volume.
www.math.tamu.edu /~harold.boas/courses/math696/Maple-sliced-bread.html   (767 words)

  
 Akimbo, Sliced Bread, Dutch Uncles, Chimera, Mickey Finn and Those Pesky Oxymorons
Bread, you see, used to be sold in unsliced loaves -- a fellow in the 1700's, for instance, who wanted his morning toast would have to carefully carve each slice from a large lumpy loaf with a big knife, which is quite a bother first thing in the morning.
The advent of mass-produced sliced bread in the mid-20th century was thus seen as a great boon to the human race.
According to etymologist Christine Ammer, who devotes an entire chapter to bread in "Fruitcakes and Couch Potatoes," her dandy collection of the stories behind hundreds of food- based figures of speech, "the greatest thing since sliced bread" probably originated in the American armed forces in the middle of the 20th century.
www.word-detective.com /back-h.html   (1697 words)

  
 CBC4Kids: History of Inventions, a timeline from Pottery to Computers.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bread dough was likely made by mixing crushed grain and water.
Among his inventions was a device that would hold the slices of bread together with hat pins.
Today, sliced bread can be found in almost every home across Canada.
www.cbc.ca /kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/slicedbread.html   (234 words)

  
 Bread Slicer History - Invention of the Bread Slicer
Bread was a primary staple of diet in much of European history, from at least 1000 BC into modern times.
History was made on July 7, 1928, when bread was sliced and wrapped commercially for the first time by a bread slicing machine.
Sliced bread was the culmination of a century of technological innovation.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/breadslicer.htm   (1837 words)

  
 Sliced Bread - Notes from a baker's rebel daughter - by Rosemary Phillips
“Sliced Bread” touches on the normal (?), the paranormal and metaphysical, and on those questions of life that stretch us in our thinking, with a voice that is both serious and tongue in cheek.
What I can give are slices from my own life – sharing what I have experienced, the lessons I have learned, and the influences I have received from so many who have touched me in one way or another.
As bread is profoundly her metaphor for life, each chapter is a successive slice from the loaf and soon it becomes evident that Rosemary Phillips’ life is far from fibre-less, processed white bread.
www.quillsquotesandnotes.com /published-sliced-bread.htm   (875 words)

  
 Bread   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From sweet muffins to hearty rye bread, French rolls to Mexican tortillas, breads have a place in every cuisine, and at every meal.
Bread is made from flour, water (or other liquid such as milk or buttermilk), and, with the exception of unleavened bread, some kind of leavening agent.
Yeast breads are leavened with yeast and kneaded to develop the flour’s gluten.
www.kroger.com /hn/Food_Guide/Bread.htm   (368 words)

  
 CD Baby: VANGUARD: Sliced Bread
Sliced Bread was an idea that came from everyone's over expectation.
Sliced bread is the onion of my garden, the only good artist to come out of E.O.W. (Eat our wads).
sliced bread is everything its billed as; a fresh, tight style that ushers in a new generation of hip-hop.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/vanguard   (580 words)

  
 Sliced Bread | an R.BIRD Patterns report
The majority of breads are sealed in clear plastic wrap to keep their shapeand maintain freshness.
Wonder Bread's multicolored circles are a favorite among children and their moms and communicate the consistent nature of this long standing favorite.
Bread is a traditional food, so the usage of classic type styles works very well and transmits a familiar feeling to the consumer.
www.rbird.com /patterns/archives/000128.php   (1073 words)

  
 BREAD SLICER INVENTOR LIVED IN ALBION
History was made (or sliced) on July 7, 1928, when bread was sliced and wrapped commercially for the first time by a bread slicing machine.
Sliced bread sales soared nationally however, with the promotion and distribution of Wonder Bread beginning in 1930 using its own revised equipment.
An early Rohwedder bread slicing machine is now part of the collection at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. In his spare time, Rohwedder was also a motivational speaker and was “in great demand” in the speaking circuit across the country during his time.
www.albionmich.com /history/histor_notebook/040215.shtml   (852 words)

  
 Hormel Foods - Glossary - Bread
For extended storage, all types of bread should be kept away from heat, excessive cold, and not be allowed to remain fully open to the air for long periods of time.
Placing bread in a refrigerator will cause it to dry out faster, however freezing bread is a good way to preserve the bread.
Bread stored in a freezer can be wrapped in plastic bags, but the air trapped in the bag will eventually cause freezer burn to the bread.
www.hormel.com /kitchen/glossary.asp?id=33075&catitemid=   (316 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
But, most significantly the plain bread (or “bread bread” as I like to call it) was also really good.
If you are allergic to gluten or other ingredients of normal bread, it is well-worth considering buying a bread maker (or donating one to friendly neighbours).
When we bought sliced bread in the past, she would take the cheese out, carefully put it to one side and then eat it, leaving the bread behind.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-6-16/29530.html   (724 words)

  
 Taste: Sliced apples: The best thing since sliced bread?
One of the problems of slicing (apples) at home is that they don't last long.
While packaged sliced apples may not be as popular as packaged salads and baby carrots, Gail Morrison, sales coordinator for Crunch Pak, a company that sells the packaged fruit, says the convenience has been a hit with gym owners and athletes.
The sliced apples are rinsed in a blend of vitamins and minerals that prevent discoloration.
www.sptimes.com /2002/09/04/Taste/Sliced_apples__The_be.shtml   (770 words)

  
 Sliced Bread News
Written on an engraved plate were the words, "Chillicothe, the home of sliced bread." The mayor also presented Rohwedder a shirt with a gold key embroidered on it.
The website includes photographs and diagrams of the original bread slicer, a photograph of the inventor, various newspaper articles that have been published along the way, an informational poster that is available for purchase as well as "sliced bread candles" that are also for sale.
The committee is pursuing the possibility of obtaining the Rohwedder bread slicing machine from the Smithsonian on a long-term loan.
www.chillicothecity.org /bread/breadnews.html   (2967 words)

  
 History of Sliced Bread
But thanks to a curious newspaper editor, the northwest Missouri town of Chillicothe can claim the distinction of being the first place in the world where sliced bread was sold to the public 75 years ago this month.
The popularity of sliced bread eventually reduced Rohwedder to a footnote.
Wonder Bread, which already wrapped its loaves, built its own machines and used delivery trucks to market sliced bread across the nation.
www.puzzookies.com /SlilcedBread.html   (431 words)

  
 sbd portfolio rarevision
Prior to hiring Sliced Bread, 10 out of 10 users tested were unable to use the RareVision product.
Sliced Bread was tasked with simplifying RareVision's complex business analysis tool to appeal to small businesses owners with limited accounting knowledge.
Sliced Bread organized the interface by putting links to all charts at the top in drop-down menus and centralizing chart controls on the right side.
www.slicedbreaddesign.com /portfolio/rarevision.htm   (114 words)

  
 Java technology better than sliced bread   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In that same year, approximately 88.5 trillion slices of bread will be consumed in America alone.
While in terms of overall volume, the number of slices of bread will be significantly higher, we project that sliced bread will remain confined to its traditional kitchen-and-restaurant market niche.
The report also found that Java is still not better than a tall glass of lemonade on a hot summer day, or a poke in the eye with a sharp stick (although the lab tests on the latter were not conclusive).
www.javaworld.com /javaworld/javaone00/j1-00-bread.html   (583 words)

  
 Bread
There is a spread of sodium contents of commercially available bread and the sodium content of bread is by and large relatively high and contributes quite a proportion of the daily sodium intake.
They did produce perhaps one or two bread types and in my local store they often run out by lunchtime, though apparently demand is poor and I have just learned that they have stopped producing it there.
A small study has been published in which people were asked to compare the taste of bread made with the standard amount of sodium and bread made with a reduced amount 'blind': they were unable to tell the difference.
www.noaddedsalt.com /bread.html   (1083 words)

  
 Majikthise : Sliced Bread Finalists: Vote
The SEIU's Since Sliced Bread competition is in the final round of voting.
Coming from several generations of bakers, I don't think that sliced bread was a particularly positive development in cultural history.
Be that as it may, SEIU's "Since Sliced Bread" contest is unquestionably one of the best public campaigns by any US labor union in years.
majikthise.typepad.com /majikthise_/2006/01/sliced_bread_fi.html   (1453 words)

  
 Austin web design and programming :: Sliced Bread Media ::
Sliced Bread Media is a web development company located in Chicago, IL and Austin, TX.
With Sliced Bread Media you won't have to waste your time trying to get your designer in touch with your programmer and looking for place to host your site.
Our members have experience working with a wide variety of clients ranging from artists and musicians to e-commerce shops and Fortune 100 companies and are skilled in finding the solutions to diverse, sometimes non-traditional problems.
www.slicedbreadmedia.com   (162 words)

  
 Wonder Bread
To Elmer, the image signified a sense of “wonder,” and Wonder® Bread was born.
In 1941, Wonder Bread was involved in a government-supported move to enrich white bread with vitamins and minerals to improve nutrition.
Flying at balloon festivals and spreading the story of how Wonder Bread earned its name, the balloon brings back childhood lunchbox memories to people from coast to coast and reminds everyone why Wonder Bread is their favorite.
www.wonderbread.com /history.asp   (441 words)

  
 Community Toasts SEIU's Sliced Bread | Personal Democracy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was supposed to be one of the Service Employees International Union's leaps into bottom-up online consensus building, but the community blowback at the Since Sliced Bread project that broke out this week has all the appearances of being an online revolt.
Since Sliced Bread is a $100,000 contest inviting people to send in ideas to improve the lives of working people in America.
The Since Sliced Bread saga is far from over, and there is plenty of time for SEIU to adapt to its community's critiques.
www.personaldemocracy.com /node/801   (1228 words)

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