SLICED BREAD BANNED

                Pre-sliced bread was invented in 1928.  With WWII underway, Secretary of Agriculture and head of the War Foods Administration Claude Wickard ordered a ban on the production of sliced bread.  It is unclear what the motivation was.  Some think Wickard was trying to conserve the wax paper that was used to keep the loaves fresh.  Another possibility is it was to conserve the wheat because sliced bread was more popular than regular loaves.  The ban was very unpopular, as you can imagine.  It was dropped after three months.

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