your friend said...

> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:28:08 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>>Andy wrote:
>>> Sliced bread.
>>>
>>> On the TV program "Ultimate Factories" they took the views through the
>>> Wonder Bread factory from start to finish. Great program.
>>>
>>> Interesting factoid they mentioned is the bread slicing blades have to
>>> be resharpened once an hour!
>>>
>>> I didn't think Wonder Bread put up that much of a fight!
>>>
>>> They didn't mention the longevity of the band saw blades at typical
>>> production rates. I was curious, anyway.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>>Hmmm. I'd hate to have to slice Wonder Bread. How do they do it
>>without its just squishing down?
>
> kinda related for Andy's benefit.
>
> I did a stint at Honeybaked Ham's. I was a ham slicer. The knifes
> were replaced ~every two hours (at break, lunch, break & eod). They
> had 3 sets in the store, 1 working, 1 ready to replace & 1 spare. The
> supervisor would sharpen the 'used' set of blades as we were in
> production.
>
> This may have been overkill but you want to avoid "stopping the
> line".


On a related note...

At one Christmas party we served a large Honeybaked sliced ham and a couple
chateaubriands for the meats. Strangely, nobody touched the Honeybaked ham.

Turned out, everyone was waiting for somebody to carve it. The slices were
so clean, nobody could tell!

After my ex pointed out that it was already spiral sliced, it was gone in
next to no time! LOL!

Best,

Andy