A clip of a German cutting a “super accurate” slice of “very hard” bread has gone viral.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZeqv5_qHpP/

The reaction of some colleagues was “Why don’t they use a bread cutting machine?”

Years ago German bakeries would ask if you wanted the bread cut in a machine. I always said no. No need to let it dry out.

But who else remembers the times when a German woman (usually) would buy a huge loaf of bread and hold it against her waist to cut an even slice? Here’s the first example I found.

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