In the town of Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1903; a rather unusual bylaw was passed. Bakers were required to ensure that loaves of bread weighed no less than 907 grams (2 pounds). The Town Constable was ordered to enter all bakeries at least once per year and check the weight of the bread. Furthermore, any patron of a bakery was well within his/her rights to have a loaf weighed before purchasing it.
If we still had this law in effect now things might look a little different at the grocery store. Although I haven’t personally weighed any bread lately, there is one particular brand that I "Wonder" about. You know, the one that comes in a white bag with multi-coloured polka-dots on it. That stuff always seemed like it must have been made with just water and extra well bleached white flour and maybe some chemicals to make it light and airy. I always felt that it had no nutritional value at all. Of course that’s just my opinion (to which I am entitled), but I also think you can get all of the nutritional value of a loaf of bread by drinking a six-pack of Blue Beaver Beer. And that glacial run-off adds extra vitamins.
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1 Jean-Luc Picard // Sep 17, 2007 at 10:15 am
I doubt there is a lot of bread weighing going on now.
2 Tim // Sep 17, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Another think about that wonderful bread, Ernie. f you throw some on the ground near an anthill, they won’t eat it! So if it’s not even good enough for bugs…..
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