Noodles and Rice

Bread size

by Tom on March 19th, 2008

Is it just Japan that does this?  Commercial bread - predominantly white and cake like - is sold in what I would call half loaf sizes.  Each loaf is the same size but you buy either 8,6, 5 or 4 slice versions.  The maths isn’t remarkable but you can imagine that a loaf cut into 8 slices yields slices half as thick as a loaf cut into 4.  Also in the picture you can see the top slice is off a non-standard big loaf from a wholesaler cut into micro thin slices, which are next to useless.

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