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On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 12:14:46 PM UTC-6, KenK wrote:
> > wrote in news:f21f50ec-d5a1-4a5a-af78-200f60beed55 > @googlegroups.com: > > > Why not just buy pre sliced cheese? > > > More expensive but that's what my last purchase was. Still working on the > block of very sharp cheddar I have. > > It might just be my imagination but I don't think the sliced varieties of cheese taste as good as the blocks that you slice however much you want to eat. Yes, the pre-sliced cheeses are more expensive. |
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"dsi1" wrote in message ... On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 11:49:09 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > "dsi1" wrote in message > ... > > On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 10:01:14 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > > "Bruce" wrote in message > > ... > > > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 10:36:58 -0800 (PST), wrote: > > > > >Why not just buy pre sliced cheese? > > > > More expensive, shorter shelf life, less choice. > > > > === > > > > To me, pre sliced cheese seem plastiky! > > My daughter buys sliced cheese. She makes sandwiches with it. Boy, they > are > really thin! I'll use them for omelets - three slices per. They work > great! > > == > > Are they like real cheese? It's mozzarella and provolone. I suspect that they have a reduced water content so they can be sliced so thinly. Whatever is being done to them, they work pretty darn good when used with eggs. == Nice We like mozzarella |
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On 12/22/2018 1:02 PM, KenK wrote:
> Often you can buy cheese in small blocks. What's the trick of cutting thin > slices off these for sandwiches? A VERY sharp knife? My slices are very > irregular, thick at one ond, thin at the other, or only partial slices. > > TIA > > Here's a pic of the very old wire cheese cutter that belonged to my mother. I remembered it from childhood and sure enough, she never threw anything out. https://i.postimg.cc/GtSStnnS/cheese-cutter.jpg Apparently you could adjust it to graduate the thickness of the slices. Seems this really only works well fairly firm cheeses. Jill |
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On 12/22/2018 5:10 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 12/22/2018 1:27 PM, wrote: >> On 22 Dec 2018 18:02:13 GMT, KenK > wrote: >> >>> Often you can buy cheese in small blocks. What's the trick of cutting >>> thin >>> slices off these for sandwiches? A VERY sharp knife? My slices are very >>> irregular, thick at one ond, thin at the other, or only partial slices. >>> >>> TIA >> >> You need a wire cheese cutter: >> https://www.amazon.com/Bellemain-Adj...tter+with+wire >> >> > Sometimes Sheldon gets things right - cheese wires work very well. I just posted a picture of an "antique" one of those wire cheese cutters that belonged to my mother. I found it in the kitchen drawer. I knew she never threw anything away and sure enough, there it was. Jill |
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On 12/28/2018 12:38 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 28 Dec 2018 09:05:45a, jmcquown told us... > >> On 12/22/2018 1:02 PM, KenK wrote: >>> Often you can buy cheese in small blocks. What's the trick of >>> cutting thin slices off these for sandwiches? A VERY sharp knife? >>> My slices are very irregular, thick at one ond, thin at the >>> other, or only partial slices. >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> >> Here's a pic of the very old wire cheese cutter that belonged to >> my mother. I remembered it from childhood and sure enough, she >> never threw anything out. >> >> https://i.postimg.cc/GtSStnnS/cheese-cutter.jpg >> >> Apparently you could adjust it to graduate the thickness of the >> slices. Seems this really only works well fairly firm cheeses. >> >> Jill >> > > I have he same one from my mother but I don't use it. I have another > one that has a knob to adjust thet thickness. TRue that soft cheeses > don't work too well. > I don't use it. I just knew it was around here someplace (apparently I don't throw things away either!) It's an example of an old wire cheese cutter. I suppose if softer cheeses were chilled it might work. I have no idea what kind of cheese Ken is asking about. Jill |
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On 12/28/2018 7:14 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 28 Dec 2018 04:44:34p, jmcquown told us... > >> On 12/28/2018 12:38 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote: >>> On Fri 28 Dec 2018 09:05:45a, jmcquown told us... >>> >>>> On 12/22/2018 1:02 PM, KenK wrote: >>>>> Often you can buy cheese in small blocks. What's the trick of >>>>> cutting thin slices off these for sandwiches? A VERY sharp >>>>> knife? My slices are very irregular, thick at one ond, thin at >>>>> the other, or only partial slices. >>>>> >>>>> TIA >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Here's a pic of the very old wire cheese cutter that belonged to >>>> my mother. I remembered it from childhood and sure enough, she >>>> never threw anything out. >>>> >>>> https://i.postimg.cc/GtSStnnS/cheese-cutter.jpg >>>> >>>> Apparently you could adjust it to graduate the thickness of the >>>> slices. Seems this really only works well fairly firm cheeses. >>>> >>>> Jill >>>> >>> >>> I have he same one from my mother but I don't use it. I have >>> another one that has a knob to adjust thet thickness. TRue that >>> soft cheeses don't work too well. >>> >> I don't use it. I just knew it was around here someplace >> (apparently I don't throw things away either!) It's an example of >> an old wire cheese cutter. I suppose if softer cheeses were >> chilled it might work. I have no idea what kind of cheese Ken is >> asking about. >> >> Jill >> > > I have tried it with various types of ice-cold blue cheese and > roquefort, and they all tend to crumble. Ice-cold cheeses like > Cheddar and similar texture tend to work well. Softer cheeses (even > when ice-cold) tend to just "mush up". Really hard cheese like > Parmesan can literally break the wire regardless of temperature. I > believe you use a cheese plane, as do I, for many cheeses as long as > they're too soft. > Yep, I mostly use a cheese planer. Jill |
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I'd just get a simple wire cheese cutter. They vary in price from low to mid range mostly, though I'm sure you could find a really expensive one if you took the time to search. This resource should help to narrow down choises https://www.cookwared.com/reviews/best-cheese-slicer/
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