"Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
...
> Andy wrote:
>> 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
>
> That's a funny story. Personally, I've rarely bought the spiral sliced
> hams as I prefer to cook my own, but I could see that happening :-)
>
> Bob

Then you're full of doodoo, you never bought/cooked any hams, because you
need to cook the spiral sliced hams too.