Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> On Sat 12 Jul 2008 12:05:58a, Leonard Blaisdell told us...
>
> > I once owned a cheap cheese cutter. It looked like an ordinary cheese
> > cutter that anyone could buy anywhere and anyone still can. But it was
> > dirt cheap and the roller fell off. From that point I could cut cheese
> > up to an inch and a half thick. After many years, the wire broke.
> > I thought it would be no big deal to get another and destroy the roller,
> > but it is a big deal. I can't find a cheese cutter that is made as
> > poorly, and the damned roller is riveted in or worse with newer cutters.
> > I can't remove the roller without destroying the contraption, and that's
> > a shame.
> > I crave a three and a half to four inch taught wire on prongs with an
> > ordinary handle. I've googled and failed, but I'm willing to be
> > enlightened.
> >
> > leo
> >
>
> Not cheap, and not the same design, but this slicer would allow you to cut
> cheese of almost any thickness...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/698con
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright


I have a cheese cutter that's practically exactly like the one you've
shown, Wayne! I love it! It's tiny - perhaps something like 5" x 8"
overall . The one I have was purchased at Schnucks (IIRC), and it even
came with an extra wire or two (taped on the underneath). But, this one
is dark green marble, not white. I use mine often enough it tends to
stay on the counter, otherwise, it's in the cabinet with the 'regular'
dishes.

Sky, the cheese straw maven ;>

P.S. A good substitute for the wire replacement is to use "guitar
strings" or some such.

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