What's the greatest thing before sliced bread?

[JimmyJazz]

:shrug:

[progmom]

1. actually....

i think sliced bread is highly overrated. :)

[Zuni]

2. elitist

:grr:

[progmom]

4. yep!

:P

[LynneSin]

6. I have to agree

I love buying Panera's Cinnamon Raisin Bread and just slicing off a piece of it myself to the thickness I'm craving at the time.

Sliced Bread is overrated meant to force laziness and consumerism of a pre-determined size slice of bread on people just too lazy to slice the bread themselves.

[JimmyJazz]

8. But, what did people SAY was the greatest BEFORE there was

sliced bread? :crazy:

[KitchenWitch]

10. Cat's whiskers.

[Zuni]

12. warm woolen mittens

[Zuni]

11. so you are saying, in effect

that you feel people who prefer their bread pre-sliced to a uniform thickness like myself are lazy consumerists?

:shrug:

[JimmyJazz]

13. Are you trying to start a flame war in my thread? If you manage to

pull it off, it will be a first for me :thumbsup:

[Zuni]

14. Thanks for the encouragement

:loveya:

[JimmyJazz]

15. Somehow, I don't think people are really that passionate about

their bread selections, but feel free to have at it. :)

[Zuni]

18. I, for one, care deeply about this issue

I am a Rep of Bread Slicers Local 773 (Baltimore), and if Lynne has her way and her anti-worker agenda spreads, there will be thousands of bread slicers out on the street

[JimmyJazz]

19. Does this mean that the next time I make a loaf of

challah, you'll come to my house and slice it for me?

[Zuni]

23. If you choose to contract the Union for your slicing needs

I can send several guys (Union rules mandate at least 3 workers). Of course, you will need to get your house approved by the OSHA, and must comply with state and federal labor laws and submit to a bi-annual audit by the state.

And you are not in the 773's jurisdiction. I recommend you call the 509 (Philadelphia) Union and ask for Maurice, my counterpart up there. I'll put in the good word. Of course, you might need to throw a kickback to Fat Willy D'Amico, local mafia boss, to get your contracts approved

:P

[billyskank]

21. You cannot cling to the economics of the past

Today, inefficient bread slicers cannot compete in a global economy when we can get our bread sliced in India or China for a fraction of the price. Workers at home must retrain to be able to compete in a knowledge economy for the 21st century.

[Zuni]

26. But retraining a 59 year old skilled bread slicer

who is a few years away from retirement? Many of our guys are old and have no skills in computers.

Besides, bread slicing is a cherished tradition. Thousands of bread slicers worked hard to protect your rights, and even died, in the great Wonderbread Bakery strike of 1934, where zealous cops killed 4 and wounded 13. As a result, FDR passed new labor laws.

By exporting bread slicing to China, we are destroying a hallowed american tradition.

[billyskank]

28. It's the cold hard realities of economics

Bread slicing is a noble tradition and there will be a niche market for the traditional ways, but we cannot allow nostalgia to blind us to the changes being forced by the unstobbable momentum of globalisation. We must be prepared to face the new century.

[LynneSin]

57. Hey!!! I am with the Pro-Choice Bread Enthusiasts of America

and we have the right to choose just how thick or thin we want our slices of bread. Who is our goverment to make such a personal decision for us who are Pro-Choice? They need to stop interferring and stacking our judicial courts with anti-choice bread slicers in order for us to have a free America.

[eyesroll]

31. Isn't a chain like Panera meant to force laziness and consumerism?

:hi:

I love putting the raw ingredients I'm craving at the time into a bowl, mixing and kneading them, letting it rise and baking it, then slicing off a piece of it myself. It costs less, is preservative-free and I can control the amount of flavorings and add-ins.

[asthmaticeog]

32. So you're anti-collectivist?

I'm surprised that you of all people would buy into that ridiculous US myth of total self-reliance and "rugged individualism." Have you thought about forming a co-op with other bread-makers so that those who lack baking skills can enjoy quality breads? It' looks like Zuni's got a slicing hook-up. Perhaps you could join forces. Or be executed as a counterrevolutionary. Your choice, Comrade Eyesroll.

[eyesroll]

35. I baked some challah last night.

For the New Year and all. And I gave some to my SO, who fed some to his daughter this morning. Sharing the wealth and all.

L'Shana Tova, Comrade.

[asthmaticeog]

37. Ewwwwww, that sounds like FAMILY VALUES!

PURGE! PURGE! PURGE! PURGE! PURGE!

[Susang]

66. You have to binge

Before you can purge. :evilgrin:

[Zuni]

48. "all breads to the soviets!"

as lenin said "peace land BREAD"

Bread is the backbone of our revolutionary forces against the reactionary self slicers and and non-communal bakers

[tigereye]

59. gak

he's quotin' Lenin. No good can come of this. :hide:

[JimmyJazz]

33. You forgot one of the BEST parts:

Being in a house smelling of freshly baked bread. :hi:

[Richardo]

44. You mean you as a worker control the means of production

Kudos, comrade!

[LynneSin]

58. Yes, even thought it'll take several days to fill your hankering for bread

so there!

[eyesroll]

73. Several days?

I decided I wanted challah at 10 am yesterday. By 2 I had it. And that's a longer-rising recipe than most.

[JVS]

78. touche

[Susang]

63. If you really wanted to avoid consumerism

Then wouldn't you make your own bread instead of buying it at Panera? :evilgrin:

BTW, I like their sourdough breadbowls with clam chowder, myself. ;-)

[Felix Mala]

72. Sliced bread meant more economy of slice per loaf...

Have you ever tried to slice homemade bread as thin as store bought? Most people wouldn't bother and go with slices two or three times thicker than a modern slice. You can see how quickly you'd go through a loaf. If you were the poor woman of the house who had to make 10 or 20 loaves a week, in hot weather, dressed from head to foot in wool dresses and several undergarments, you can see why sliced bread became so popular. What came before? Probably oil stoves because the women often got stuck hauling the coal into the house, as well. The oil could be piped in. (And don't cite coal shoots because women almost never used them. No matter what you did, if you stored more than a days worth of coal in the house, you'd constantly have a film of fine coal dust everywhere in the house.

I've often wondered what prairie people said the first time a freight train rolled past their property. Did they say: "That sounds just like a tornado!"

[tjwmason]

20. Not so much overrated

As vile, evil, and a crime against humanity which tastes of plastic. :D

[JimmyJazz]

36. You do realize that now I'm going to bake bread this afternoon, right?

After all, how can I possibly serve my children anything less after what you just wrote? :P

[tjwmason]

40. Can I come over and have some?

Freshly made JimmyJazz bread - yummy :9

[JimmyJazz]

41. With pot roast?

:9

That does it....I'm off to get lost in the supermarket :hi:

[billyskank]

3. I'm going to be thinking about that all afternoon now

X(

[JimmyJazz]

5. ha ha ha - skinner gave you a broken mad face smilie

:P

[billyskank]

9. Ack! Capital X

I meant x(.

:P

[KitchenWitch]

7. The wheel

all goes back to the wheel, and being able to start fires.

[JimmyJazz]

16. You're such a smartypants.

:P

[cleofus1]

17. that's easy

pineapple and anchovey pizza!

[JimmyJazz]

25. Anchovies are ick on a stick.

But, I'll take a pizza with ham and pineapple any day. :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

22. Baked ham.

And I'm taking Merh a big dish full of fresh-baked, sliced, country ham that I baked last night.

Wish you could be here!

[JimmyJazz]

24. That is soooooo awesome!

Give each other a big hug for/from me. :loveya:

:hi:

[Zuni]

27. honey baked ham

:9

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

29. Eve.

[ghostsofgiants]

30. Isn't that a little like asking "Who created God?"

[Shell Beau]

34. Um.... un-sliced bread?

Bread is soooo good!!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

38. Fire

[swag]

39. The napkin

[JimmyJazz]

43. The folded cloth napkins like these:

or those heinous paper things which I NEVER use? :)

[tigereye]

60. no hun

the bread was the napkin....in days of yore. ;)

oops, or was it the plate! Or both? :hide:

[Susang]

70. All of the above

And the utensils as well. :D

[tigereye]

75. hey lady!

how are ya?

[Wapsie B]

42. Coffee.

At least this time of day it is. :)

[flvegan]

45. Sex.

Both before AND after.

And on, I guess, if you're into that.

[sasquatch]

46. Fried foods

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

47. Beer...thank the Sumerians

[Susang]

71. Beer?!?!?

Not wine? What the hell has happened to you? :scared:

[auntAgonist]

49. the knife to cut it? n/t

[merh]

50. This is just a half baked thread.

:shrug:









:rofl: :hi:

:hug:

[JimmyJazz]

52. I know - I appreciate Zuni's efforts to start a flame war in my thread

(that has NEVER happened to me before). But alas, he failed. All this thread managed to do was make me crave homemade bread. I'll be back in five hours, when it's finished :hi:

[merh]

53. I have wanted home baked bread too.

:-( Guess I can just dream about it! x(

:hi: :hug:

[Taverner]

51. I thought it was titties and beer?

:shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

54. A bread slicer?

:shrug:

[RedCloud]

55. Hot cross buns!

One a penny,

two a penny

hot cross buns.

Works on so many levels, but I decided to dud it out and just stay plain...

http://bread.allrecipes.com/az/HotCrossBuns.asp

[noonwitch]

56. Bottled Beer

someone had to say it

[kwassa]

61. Wine, then the bread to go with it,

[JimmyJazz]

62. Don't I know it.

A little too well :silly:

[Susang]

64. There is nothing greater than bread

Sliced or unsliced. :D

[JimmyJazz]

65. Not even fried chicken? *runs away*

*really fast*

[Susang]

68. Not even

Though it's a close second! :evilgrin:

[LSK]

67. loafs of bread?

[JimmyJazz]

69. "That's the greatest thing since loaves of bread!"

I like it :thumbsup:

[LSK]

74. i had a feeling i was speeling it worng

:P

[Dastard Stepchild]

76. Penicillin?

That was a nice contribution to our world.

[JimmyJazz]

77. The first bread slicing/wrapping machine was developed in 1928

Penicillin wasn't discovered until 1929.

Gawds, I need a life :hi:

[Dastard Stepchild]

82. well... I had no idea...

I learned something new today. :)

[pdx_prog]

79. Toilet paper....

hockey tickets are my first choice....can you imagine a world without it?

[Wapsie B]

80. After work tonight,

a nice stiff drink.

:beer:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

81. Ripping hunks of fresh baked bread off with your hands, and eating them,

with or without butter, or other dipping oils or sauce. mmmm...