This celebrity goo was created by player Russ Wilhelm.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Russ, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 (part of Round XXX)

category: Inventions

clue: Any way you slice it, this goo created the benchmark of modern invention.

explanation: Rohwedder is credited with inventing the first Loaf-at-a-time Bread Slicing machine ("best thing since sliced bread"). more…

solved by: Steve West, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Lori Lancaster, Michael Paul Cote, Adrianne Rodgers, Kerry Odell, Joy Dunn, and Phyllis Joy


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