100年前的生活妙招:熱刀子切面包有神效?大綱

People don't often look back on the early 1900's for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation?

通常人們不會爲了求取生活妙方而去回顧20世紀初的年代，不過如果那個“垮掉的一代”真的能對我們有所助益呢？

The New York Public Library has digitized 100 "how to do it" cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.

紐約公共圖書館將一組100多年前的香菸盒上的“生活妙招”卡片進行了數字化處理，這些卡片上的小貼士實在太實用了，二十一世紀的我們看到了也會多加留意！

How to Cut New Bread into Thin Slices

如何將新烤的麪包切成薄片

The difficulty of cutting new bread into thin slices can readily be overcome by the following expedient.

將新烤好的麪包切成薄片往往是一件很困難的事情，用下面的妙招卻能輕鬆解決這個問題。

Plunge the bread knife into hot water and when thoroughly hot wipe quickly.

將麪包刀插入熱水中，刀身完全發熱時將其迅速擦乾。

It will be found that the heated knife will cut soft, yielding new bread into the thinnest slices.

你會發現，加熱後的刀能將柔軟，易變形的新麪包切成最薄的薄片。