The best thing since sliced bread...

[Missourian]

Sliced bread made is debut July 7th, 1928 in Chillicothe Missouri.


“It was just a small headline,” Ripley recalled. “It said: ‘Sliced bread is made here. Chillicothe Baking Co. the first bakers in the world to sell this product to the public.’”

A Missouri town almost forgot it invented the greatest thing since anything: sliced bread

Chillicothe, Missouri, has an unusual claim to fame: It’s the town where pre-sliced bread first debuted back in 1928. The state has even declared July 7, Sliced Bread Day, as an official holiday. But despite being less than a century old, the origin of this revolutionary pantry staple was almost...

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[fncceo]

What is so great about sliced bread?

I bake and slice my own ... so much more fresh.

 

[skye]

I love sliced bread! white sliced bread.....with jam, raspberry jam or apricot jam for breakfast.....I love it!

Delish!

 

[Dekster]

I still prefer a good fluffy yeast roll.

 

[Natural Citizen]

You know we're effed if sliced bread is the best we can do. Right?

 

[whitehall]

It might not have been the "greatest thing" but sliced bread made for a great cliche.