If people say it's the best thing since sliced bread, what was the best thing before sliced bread?

Question

And what made sliced bread so Great in the first place? Any idiot can cut a piece of bread.

Answer 1

The wheel was probably the best invention before sliced bread.

Sure any idiot can slice a piece of bread, but can you get each slice perfectly the same so that the kids don't fight over who got the bigger piece?

Answer 2

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The great thing about machine sliced bread was that you could get more sandwiches from one loaf or maybe more slices of toast.
If you think that any idiot can cut a piece of bread , get a scale and do a yield test .
Go to a bakery and buy one loaf of sliced and one loaf of unsliced bread .
Using a bread knife see if you can get 16 perfectly uniform slices out of a loaf . It looks easy to do but it's not .

Answer 3

At one time in our society, bread was sold unsliced, or women baked their own loaves of bread. When sliced bread became manufactured, it was considered at that time, a great convenience, especially when making sandwiches. In our time, sliced bread is taken for granted, and not a big deal, but back a couple generations, it was a time saver.

Answer 4

They never had sliced bread back in the 1800 you would go to the store and buy it in long lo ave,s like french bread, so much for that tid bit of info now for what was better than sliced bread was when the Indian,s landed at Plymouth rock and brought corn to the new world. just hang in there and when school start,s where you go be sure and sign up for AMERICAN HISTORY. you will be surprised at what you can learn when you lay your video game,s down. happy learning.

Answer 5

I'd say unsliced bread was the best thing before sliced bread. I mean,it just makes sense.

Answer 6

Beef. Sliced bread became better because you need it for making a sandwich.

Answer 7

well you can cut bread, but when it was sold sliced it was a boon. Now before that I can only guess the saying was, the next best thing to mother's milk LOL LOL....

Answer 8

the best before sliced bread was just a loaf of bread cuz everyone know bread is the greatest thing ever !!!!!!!!

Answer 9

to answer your question directly, the best thing before sliced bread was mas ability to create fire on it's own.

Answer 10

Hello:

I would have to say ice cream was the best thing before sliced bread!