No knife, no cutting board, no clean up. Years ago my cousin gave everyone a hand held cheese slicer for Christmas. We are very particular about how our cheese is sliced in our house so it didn’t get much use at first. Then one day I was trying to slice cucumbers super thin and uniformly for cucumber sandwiches for a baby shower I was helping with.
I found this cheese slicer in my drawer, and turned it upside down so the curved area and slicey part faces up (see photos). I ran my cucumber over it a hundred times at a hundred miles per hour – I was hooked!! It is basically one of those mandolin slicers but does not require a million parts or much clean up. I cut A LOT of things with it – especially for making salads (which I hated in the past because you had to wash and cut and all of that) – but really I slice tons of stuff.
I hold whatever item I am cutting over the bowl, dish, pan, etc. and slice away. Then rinse off or stick in the utensil section of the dishwasher – hardly any clean up! I seriously recommend it. I have included some awkward looking photos I took and a link to amazon.com if anyone would like to see one better (or better yet – buy one and you’ll have less wrinkles, be less tired and spend more time doing fun things instead of dishes.)
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a photo of my much prized slicer thingy |
This is what we actually use for cheese slicing. Recently when Joe and I were in Savannah for the weekend we are making a few snacks to watch something on TV and he said "I know this is a first problem and all, but I miss my cheese slicer."
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Is it weird to love a kitchen a tool?
What is your favorite kitchen gadget?
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I love, love, love this idea...especially because I hate, hate, hate doing dishes.
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