Aha: so this is why you use a short or a long cheese slicer
Have you just brought home a fresh block of cheese and are you ready to shave off some slices? Wait just a moment, cheese lover, because this tip might just be life changing.
Because anyone who thought you could use the same slicer for every cheese is mistaken. And that applies to a lot of people, because most kitchens have a cheese slicer with a long blade in the drawer, but not the short one (which has virtually no blade). High time to get one of those too.
Perfect slices
The reason why one cheese slicer has a blade and the other does not is actually very simple. You use the slicer with the short blade for young cheeses, and the cheese slicer with the long blade for aged cheeses. Why? If you use the long cheese slicer on young cheeses, you will notice that the slice frays along the blade. And you do not want that. If you use the short cheese slicer, this does not happen and you get perfectly smooth slices for your grilled cheese sandwich or bread roll.
Also read:
- How do holes get into cheese?
- You have been grating your cheese incorrectly all your life
- What on earth is in a cheese soufflé?
