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Is that sufficient for every family to make 22 slices of bread a day with no added waste, like the article says?

I vaguely remember slicing bread at home because my parents thought buying unsliced bread built character, and it mostly wasted it and covered everything in crumbs because they never sharpened our knives.

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You don't (and can't, really) sharpen a serrated bread knife.

You can sharpen a serrated knife with a vise (or jig) and a round or conical file, one tooth at a time. It is a very tedious thing to do.

I know some chefs and they all say that once a bread knife in their restaurant is done they recycle it and buy a new one - sharpening just doesn't work that well on serrated knives unless you send them to be professionally sharpened in an industrial machine, but then it's literally easier to buy a new knife.

There's woodworkers who buy unsharpenable saws and throw them away when they're not sharp anymore. There's also those that buy sharpenable and sharpen them themselves or send them to be professionally sharpened. Do what you like.

I do it with my family of 3, and see no reason why it wouldnt work with a bigger family. Its up to you if you rather spend money and time on the store bought bread shaped sponges, or on slowly fermented & risen bread.

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