Cheese slicer, stainless steel wire cheese cutter.
The most common cheese
slicer is the cheese cutter with the stainless steel
handle and a thin wire running across the top of it.
The cheese slicer wire easily cuts right through most
cheeses.
A Norwegian invention, the cheese slicer
can be used for many varieties of cheeses and is definitely
one utensil that is a "must" for any kitchen.
On a hot summer day in 1927, so the story
goes, Norwegian carpenter Thor Bjørklund invented
the first cheese slicer when the lunch his wife had
prepared for him included some Gouda cheese. Unfortunately
(or fortunately, depending on your viewpoint) his cheese
had melted and did not look so appetizing. To avoid
having to eat so much Thor first tried slicing the cheese
with a knife and then a saw, with little success.
He then used his wood planer and though
it was bulky and difficult to use, his crude cheese
slicer worked. The next day he fabricated a smaller
cheese slicer using a thin slice of steel with the back
end curved up to allow the cheese to pass through. Thor
soon found himself making additional cheese slicers
for his friends and family and by the fall had filed
for a patent for his new invention.
The same basic design of that original
cheese
slicer is still in use today. Order
yours now!
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