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"  Today is a very special invention&amp;#039;s birthday. I&amp;#039;ll give you a clue: It&amp;#039;s just about the size of a breadbox. Here&amp;#039;s another: It&amp;#039;s the standard to which all new inventions are held. It&amp;#039;s sliced bread! More from Delish: Recipes for the Bread Box In 1912, Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, began building a machine that would slice bread. His hard work paid off. Within a year he made his first prototype. According to ideafinder.com, in 1917, a factory in Monmouth, Illinois, was ready to produce the slicing machine, but luck was not on Rohwedder&amp;#039;s side. The factory burned down. So it was back to the drawing (or perhaps cutting) board for Rohwedder. It took him years to recover from his losses and gather investors and financing for his next attempt at creating a slicing machine. Ten years after the fire, in 1927, Rohwedder was not only determined to create his slicing machine but also to improve upon his original designs. He envisioned a machine that sliced and wrapped bread. In 1928, the great machine was completed and a patent was filed. Rohwedder formed a company and manufactured his bread slicers. But a bread slicer with no bread is just a jumble of knives and cogs. More from Delish: Ideas for Leftover Bread Thankfully the owner of the Chillicothe Baking Company, M. Frank Bench, was Rohwedder&amp;#039;s friend, and Rohwedder convinced Bench to buy his slicer. On July 7, 1928, bread was sliced and wrapped for commercial use for the very first time. Sold as Sliced Kleen Maid Bread and advertised as &amp;quot;the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped,&amp;quot; the product was a hit. Customers oohed and ahhed at the convenient sliced bread. It was such a hit that The Missouri Constitution-Tribune ran a feature-length story about the slicing machines. Just think of it, a slice of bread whenever you want! No dangerous, time-wasting knives or cutting boards needed! Toast and sandwiches were easier than ever! To celebrate, we&amp;#039;ve rounded up some great ways to use sliced bread on its 83rd birthday. Fantastic Recipes for Sliced Bread       Bruschetta     Salmon Club Sandwich     Chicken Salad Tea Sandwiches       Whole Grain French Toast      Wild Mushroom Toast    Savory French-Toast BLT     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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