Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:37:05 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
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> >You know that everything under the sun is on the Internet these days..
> >there are a lot of options at this link.
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> Your post inspired me to google around for wire-based cheese cutters.
> In the one-thing-leads-to-another department, a mandoline popped up.
> Snap! I buzzed into the kitchen (Bill's sitting at the counter,
> blearily reading the Sunday paper) and grabbed my Oxo hand mandoline
> (which is handy as hell, BTW) and the tag end of cheddar in the
> reefer. I ran off a few slices, all the while Bill is (blearily)
> watching me with a "WTF" expression on his face. When I told him my
> cheese slicer search saga, his only comment on the cheese slices was,
> "It's not even." It rolls off thicker on one side than the other. The
> man has a serious case of OCD with Certain Things and this is one of
> them. His law partner wandered into his office one day while he was
> eating the lunch I'd made him, and he had about a dozen Wheat Thins
> spread out with an equal number of cheddar cheese squares perched on
> each, in military ranks, as it were. And that's just crackers and
> cheese. You oughta see his closet... (former Marine and never got over
> it).
>
> Oh, and I've ordered
> http://www.amazon.com/R%C3%B6sle-127...0079779&sr=1-6
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> The Amco in your post was unavailable, but thanks for the idea!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
Hmmmm.....i have one of those wire cheese cutters, have had for years,
but, i used to think it was a shame that it made uneven and rather thick
slices, great for griled cheese & cheeseburgers and cooking but not so
good for thin sandwich slices.

Then after a good 5 years or more of use i some how became suddenly
aware of the slice size setting mechanism for adjusting slice thickness

But then im former USN and even though FMSS'ed i guess it did'nt take


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