Tools for cutting the cheese😳

[buco]

Hi,

Now that spring has sprung the wife and I are going to be doing more entertaining.

So in our culture, we put out meat, cheese, and bread on a platter when people come over, more that than desserts. I can cut everything fine but the cheese.

When I cut the cheese it crumbles, or the knife will kind of crush it as it cuts.

What's everyone use to cut the cheese? Any techniques?

Thanks.

 

[kythri]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHEESE-SLIC...W%2BFICS%2BUFI&otn=21&pmod=110662432419&ps=54

 

[TimDaToolMan]

Use some floss (non flavored). Works great for cheese.

 

[Maexle]

Hi,

Now that spring has sprung the wife and I are going to be doing more entertaining.

So in our culture, we put out meat, cheese, and bread on a platter when people come over, more that than desserts. I can cut everything fine but the cheese.

When I cut the cheese it crumbles, or the knife will kind of crush it as it cuts.

What's everyone use to cut the cheese? Any techniques?

Thanks.

there are great cheese knife / cutters (with wire) on Amazon with some very helpful reviews....if this doesn't help:

serve your guests some more SLIVOVITZ ..

 

[buco]

there are great cheese knife / cutters (with wire) on Amazon with some very helpful reviews....if this doesn't help:

serve your guests some more SLIVOVITZ ..

Lol. Then they'll never leave

 

[GRX]

Mmmm, love me some Cheese!! I find a butcher's knife with hollow ground blade (both sides) to be quite useful for cutting cheese of all types. In case you don't know ... hollow ground means the blade is actually thinner above the blade than at the cutting edge. Less dragging on the cheese that way. Also good for cutting tomatoes.

 

[trainer]

Cheese knife. No wires to break when someone tries to use it on hard cheese

 

[Maexle]

Lol. Then they'll never leave

that's the entire meaning of being a good host isn't it?

My buddy came over one time on a friday night for a few cold ones and left on Sunday....

Euro style hospitality ..... (he's from Wales, i am from Germany....needless to add how it all ended...)



Back to the topic, look at Amazon, they have great deals and the reviews are really helpful.

BTW: enjoy the Slivovitz tonight....

 

[JSBriggs]

For most cheeses I use a finely serrated steak knife. Specifically, this Kershaw 9922.

A larger blade, or non serrated tend to cling to the slice and crumble it.

-Jeff

 

[Monte]

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[cvcman]

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small cordless sawzall

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

Re: Tools for cutting the cheese��

small cordless sawzall

no a chain saw or a lawn motor works better....

 

[Dick in Wisconsin]

Check these folks out:

http://www.cheeseslicing.com

Call me cheap, but when the wire broke on our cheese slicer I was NOT about to buy a new one. Found this site. What an interesting idea for a business. And its located in the world capital of cheese!

 

[GRX]

(pssst!) ... A high E guitar string works great for cutting the cheese. Bet a couple of you have some of those lying around.

 

[Arne73]

(pssst!) ... A high E guitar string works great for cutting the cheese. Bet a couple of you have some of those lying around.

Our slicer has been running strong for almost 20 years with a E string I got from a buddy of mine-

 

[neophyte]

Hi,

Now that spring has sprung the wife and I are going to be doing more entertaining.

So in our culture, we put out meat, cheese, and bread on a platter when people come over, more that than desserts. I can cut everything fine but the cheese.

When I cut the cheese it crumbles, or the knife will kind of crush it as it cuts.

What's everyone use to cut the cheese? Any techniques?

Thanks.

There are many different types of cheese. Asking what someone uses to cut it without saying what types of cheese is sort of like asking "what should i use to cut stuff?" or "what is the best tool for driving fasteners?".

 

[shoturtle]

I have a full set of cheese knives. Depending on the cheese, it determine the knife i use.

 

[Thumper]

Stihl or Homelite.....the choice of rednecks........

 

[theknurl]

Use some floss (non flavored). Works great for cheese.

this is floss.......;
http://www.mdxers.org/forums/attach...hottest-thongs-thread-martinajandmstars25.jpg

might have a little flavor though

 

[darkk]

Cheese knife. No wires to break when someone tries to use it on hard cheese

I have one of these knives. It's the worst ************* I ever used for cheese...

 

[shoturtle]

What kind of cheese are you cutting with that style knife?

 

[shoturtle]

Ps there are also different quality of the different design cheese knives. This is the global take on one of the different knife. It is excllent. I like this style for sticky and soft cheeses like brie.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005OL3W/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[The Shop]

Bandsaw..... And I have actually thought about just how useful it would be in the kitchen from cutting potatoes to meat.

 

[buco]

Mmmm, love me some Cheese!! I find a butcher's knife with hollow ground blade (both sides) to be quite useful for cutting cheese of all types. In case you don't know ... hollow ground means the blade is actually thinner above the blade than at the cutting edge. Less dragging on the cheese that way. Also good for cutting tomatoes.

I never knew hollow ground meant that. Thanks.

 

[buco]

that's the entire meaning of being a good host isn't it?

My buddy came over one time on a friday night for a few cold ones and left on Sunday....

Euro style hospitality ..... (he's from Wales, i am from Germany....needless to add how it all ended...)



Back to the topic, look at Amazon, they have great deals and the reviews are really helpful.

BTW: enjoy the Slivovitz tonight....

I was just joking. No slivovitz tonight. Work/school day tomorrow. Too old to be attempting anything hungover anymore.

 

[buco]

All different cheeses. I don't buy, just cut. Hard and soft.

I want this, gonna look and wait for a better price. Is this a good set? I know it's pricey, but my wife and I enjoy and do a lot of entertaining. So I like to have nice tools.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00063QGTU/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[retrobuilder]

Pampered Chef- good kitchen tools, not the SO equivalent but it works well and reliable...My wife cooks alot and knows this area better than me. Williams Sonomo (sp?) is great as well but more $.

 

[lwlobo]

I like the cutco cheese knife:

http://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?itemGroup=1764

Buy it on ebay to avoid having to deal with a college student salesperson.

 

[shoturtle]

All different cheeses. I don't buy, just cut. Hard and soft.

I want this, gonna look and wait for a better price. Is this a good set? I know it's pricey, but my wife and I enjoy and do a lot of entertaining. So I like to have nice tools.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00063QGTU/?tag=atomicindus08-20

That is a very nice set. It covers a lot of different cheese. Only thing you don't have is a peeler. But the set would be a good set to have.

 

[sk farmer]

amazing. some people in this thread argue about people having too many tools or whether it is worth the extra price or where it comes from yet the have a full assortment of apparatus to cut cheese. i guess it is only ok if it's something "they" care about.

 

[Alchymist]

Wife has one of these, hasn't failed yet.

 

[4xdog]

I've used THIS Wüsfhof knife for at least twenty five years. Works great on all kinds of cheeses, and the offset design is good for cutting boards and other flat surfaces.

Of course, to do Parmigiano Reggiano properly, you need that special knife that breaks off pieces more than it cuts: