What You Need to Know
Sliced bread is a loaf of bread, sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience, as opposed to the consumer cutting it with a knife. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped". By 1933, around 80% of bread sold in the US was pre-sliced, leading to the popular idiom "greatest thing since sliced bread".
Key Parameters
Equipment
bread knifeslicing machinecutting board
Steps
- 1.
Toast (United Kingdom): Base for breakfast dishes
- 2.
Sandwich (England): Structural component holding fillings
- 3.
Bread pudding (Medieval Europe): Primary ingredient for dessert
The Science
Primary Reaction
Starch retrogradation