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Default Is This A Cheese Slicer ??? I Think Not !!!

On Sun 06 Jan 2008 09:52:43p, Sqwertz told us...

> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:34:34 -0800, koko wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:26:46 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Look at it he
>>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ120207314961
>>>
>>>If it weren't for the two spikes in the middle,
>>>I'd say it was a cheese slicer. It looks something
>>>like a curd knife (used to cut the curd into cubes
>>>during cheesemaking), but it's way too small for that.
>>>
>>>Could it be an unusual form of cake rake?
>>>
>>>If not, what are those spikes for?

>>
>> I think it is a cake slicer look here
>>
>> http://www.tias.com/11374/InventoryPage/1909692/1.html

>
> I quoted the same site.
>
> But how would you keep from mangling the center of a round cake?
>
> -sw
>


The top implement in the picture is the cake breaker. It's generally used
on cakes baked in a tube pan, like angel food and chiffon cakes.

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