Talk:Sliced bread

message: I don't think these two should be separate articles but currently they each have their own article. Both articles are pretty short and I think they should be MERGED. No one would look up sliced bread for any other reason than curiosity about the phrase. It is odd that no mention of the phrase was made in the sliced bread article (although there was a link to the greatest thing since... article). I added a shortened version of the greatest thing since... article to the sliced article. Does anyone agree or disagree with me? Any good reason for having two separate, short articles as currently the case? 
Sliced bread
Greatest thing since sliced bread
--Jon in California 9 September 2007
I'd like to see a citation for when bread was first wrapped, given the quote in the original sliced bread advertisement.
--Peter  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Raymond (talk • contribs) 20:24, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Sliced Bread / The Greatest Thing Since... 

message: "Considerable research was made in order to arrive at a thickness of slice
which would enjoy the widest possible public acceptance and it was decided
that a slice slightly less than one half of an inch would be the most suitable.
The fact that the slices of this improved product are so perfect will be
especially pleasing to women who take pride in the technique of their table
service (Constitution-Tribune 1928)." bobrowstrain1.pdf —Bunchofgrapes  (talk) 22:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  See 

message: Sliced bread thickness seems to differ from one country to another.  Is it possible to have a list?  From my own experience, in Canada it's usually 10mm thick, less in Belgium, in Japan it's about 20mm, and in New Zealand it's really thin with 5mm.  --69.51.192.165 (talk) 18:19, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add thickness by country 

message: "Imitation of Life" by R.E.M. ("...the greatest thing since bread came sliced") should be mentioned. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.236.128.138 (talk) 17:16, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popcultural references 

message: I don't think these two should be separate articles but currently they each have their own article. Both articles are pretty short and I think they should be MERGED. No one would look up sliced bread for any other reason than curiosity about the phrase. It is odd that no mention of the phrase was made in the sliced bread article (although there was a link to the greatest thing since... article). I added a shortened version of the greatest thing since... article to the sliced article. Does anyone agree or disagree with me? Any good reason for having two separate, short articles as currently the case? 
Sliced bread  /  
Greatest thing since sliced bread
--Jon in California 9 September 2007  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.73.82 (talk) 07:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Upon review of both articles, I have no objection to such a merger. Cheers! bd2412 T 17:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If I hear no objections within the next few days, I'll carry out the proposed merge. Cheers! bd2412 T 01:52, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool! We should also include that small picture from the 1940s to show the first use of the phrase. Its origin is important. (Someone has removed it from this article now, find it in the reverts).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.73.82 (talk) 02:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that was not the first use of the phrase. Also, before a merger is done, try adding merger tags first. --Strothra 02:59, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sliced Bread / The Greatest Thing Since... 

message: Simply putting "Wenske" (and other similar names) as a reference really isn't good enough. Does anyone actually know what these references refer to, and if so, could someone please expand on them using cite tags? Thanks. mattbuck 22:03, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, excellent, thankyou. mattbuck 08:11, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

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message: I added the tag  because this article assumes a purely United States context where the reader is already familiar with many aspects of sliced bread.  But this article says nothing about sliced bread in other countries, and does not describe the common dimensions (width, height, thickness) of bread slices, etc., for people who are unfamiliar with it.  It needs to be globalized. - Gilgamesh (talk) 20:40, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't think that the image in the lead will give them a hint?  WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalize 

message: Article claims:
:Pre-sliced bread was largely necessitated as a result of the demand for the texture of the new industrial breads, which were difficult to slice at home.
(this is a shortened version of a longer, more opinionated text...).  This might be plausible, except that soft bread had been around long before 1928.  For example, "The British expect bread to be white, well risen, and soft, an expectation that developed in the mid-nineteenth century..." (my emphasis).  The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook (Fannie Farmer, 1894) has many recipes for home-made soft breads including sugar, fat, etc.--Macrakis (talk) 17:22, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Having seen no rebuttal to the above after 3+ months, I am removing the claim. --Macrakis (talk) 01:55, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Soft bread and slicing

message: I don't have the faintest idea why there's a reference to "Texas Toast" in the U.S. portion of the "Around the World" section of the page. That should be omitted, or at least changed to something other than frozen dinner bread as the American's standard for "sliced bread." I don't know of any United States citizen who would say that Texas Toast makes or symbolizes the standard thickness (or style) of American sliced bread. Would anyone want to change this to something more accurate?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:4:1380:290:6007:7D81:D4B7:E1A2 (talk) 06:19, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. Sliced Bread thickness... 

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message: I propose that Sandwich bread be merged with Sliced bread. The contents in these articles overlap in many respects, and both of them are of reasonable sizes that the merging will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. --125.188.189.232 (talk) 04:12, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal