Kitchen

[WORKING GAL]

@house_cat - If you are having trouble with your serrated knife, maybe it needs to be sharpened.  I always use a serrated knife when slicing bread of any kind but I keep it sharpened.

[jannabelle1]

If you have to force your serrated knife when cutting, then the knife isn't sharp enough. Use a back and forth motion (not just straight down) when slicing. An electric knife won't make it any easier if that knife is dull too!

[CelticCrafter]

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@house_cat wrote:

Maybe my knife needs to be sharpened.... not sure if you can sharpen serrated knives. I'm old. I should know this by now.

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@house_cat my son-in-law is in the restaurant industry and he told me just go get a new one.

[ahoymate]

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@house_cat wrote:

@Sooner 

Yes!  Thank you.

That's the one recommended by ATC. I have it in my Amazon cart right now.

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FYI.............serrated knives can be sharpened.

[ladychas]

Have this bought from QVC

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@wagirl wrote:

Agree about letting the bread cool first, altho who can resist fresh hot bread with a slab of butter??? I use an item that I bought off the 50/50 tour QVC did in 1995---it's called the Slices Prefect--anyone remember it? That thing came with a very long serrated bread knife and an insert that adjusts to 2 levels for varied thicknesses---I use that thing nearly everyday on many things--the knife glides along the top of the wooden base and always cuts a prefect slice-- I can also sharpen that knife too --wonder if I can find a photo of it? Here it is!!! Also look online for bread slicers--found some interesting ones there. I like this one because it gives you even bread slices--I can't cut  even slices with an electric knife or  with a serrated knife on a cutting board free handed, either.

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[gloriajean]

For many years of making homemade breads I always slice them with my electric knife and then in the freezer they go, the extra loaves.