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Slicing block cheese - What do you use?

sarahpanda — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:56:51 GMT

I had a block of cheese and was going to make grilled cheese sandwiches tonight . My cheese slicer from long ago is broken and I had a devil of a time trying to use a knife to makes slices from that block of cheese. What do you use? Thanks

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stilltamn8r — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:28:47 GMT

Wow I always use a knife...maybe try a serrated one if your chefs knife won't do it

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stilltamn8r — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:30:14 GMT

Was it sticking? Cause if that was the problem maybe coating with PAM might help...

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ahoymate — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:32:08 GMT

Try grating the cheese instead. Hard to cut a block of cheese with a knife. Or try this:

cheese knife

Or try this: Wire cheese slicer

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beach-mom — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:38:14 GMT

I have a knife from Cutco that is made for this, and I use it constantly. It has holes in the middle.

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DiAnne — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:46:14 GMT

I always grate cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches. It melts faster.

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colson — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:20:56 GMT

On 6/28/2014 beach-mom said:
I have a knife from Cutco that is made for this, and I use it constantly. It has holes in the middle.

I have one of these knives too! Perfect for cheese. I have a lot of Cutco and it's all excellent!

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nagrom — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:35:14 GMT

My cheese slicer broke too. It was a wire and worked very slick. My new cheese slicer really only shaves everything too thin. The last few times I used a vegetable carrot slicer that it thick and wavy. It really does a good job but the cuts are wavy yet can be uniform. It probably would make good grilled cheese sandwich. I also use it for cubing cheese for salads.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 03:15:12 GMT

I've never had or seen what I consider to be a satisfactory cheese slicer. The wire ones do the best job but they don't last long.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 03:20:22 GMT

On 6/28/2014 beach-mom said:
I have a knife from Cutco that is made for this, and I use it constantly. It has holes in the middle.

i actually own 2 of these knives AND two of this style:

cutco makes great cheese knives.

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kivah — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:42:45 GMT

I have a Kitchen Aid cheese slicer. It's 8" long - has a handle on the bottom, and the top has a thin wire to slice the cheese. I buy those blocks of cheese at Costco - and it works perfectly. I just googled Kitchen Aid Cheese Slicer - and there's a pic of it - Target has it for $7.99.

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Mistreatedbycs — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:48:23 GMT

I love reading this forum, so many people eat and drink different than I do.

I've never had a grilled cheese sandwich with anything else other than a slice of American Cheese and I never bought a block of it even from the deli.

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JannyRee — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 05:20:33 GMT

Growing up in a Norweigen American family we are never without a cheese knife. We have several.

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NYC Susan — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 06:27:02 GMT

On 6/28/2014 JannyRee said:
Growing up in a Norweigen American family we are never without a cheese knife. We have several.

I have several also, but I sometimes use a regular knife with no problem at all. I'm perplexed by the posters who say regular knives don't work. Just tonight I used a regular knife, and didn't think twice about it.

Am I the only one?

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stilltamn8r — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:27:53 GMT

On 6/28/2014 NYC Susan said:
On 6/28/2014 JannyRee said:
Growing up in a Norweigen American family we are never without a cheese knife. We have several.

I have several also, but I sometimes use a regular knife with no problem at all. I'm perplexed by the posters who say regular knives don't work. Just tonight I used a regular knife, and didn't think twice about it.

Am I the only one?

Me too....

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chickenbutt — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:03:48 GMT

I also use knives. I thought it was a trick question at first. Knives work great.

One of my favs is extra sharp cheddar. Sometimes I buy the 2lb block of Tillamook, cut it into 4 or 5 pieces, and vacuum each one separately.

Never had a problem slicing (nope, not gonna use the word 'cutting' - heh) any kind of cheese with a knife.

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poppinfresh — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:56:58 GMT

My knife

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gazelle77 — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:57:50 GMT

A knife?

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Nightowlz — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:00:39 GMT

I have a cheese slicer with one of those thin wires that cuts cheese. I have used dental floss in the past that works pretty good on softer cheeses.

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kitty4me — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:57:00 GMT

I get where sarahpanda is coming from. I have in the past had difficulty cutting cheese with a knife. When I buy Tillimook it isn't a large block compared to the huge block I all got from Costco. It is very big. I have one in my refrigerator right now. I know I will probably cut a chunk off and I'm pretty sure it won't be easy. I do have a Cutco Cheese Knife and may try that first. I could not imagine using a cheese slicer on this block.