Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 20:05:56 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>> When John was here in June he fell in love with a little kitchen implement
>> called a cheese planer. I buy blocks of cheese rather than pre-sliced
>> cheese. I have to admit, this ia s great cheese planer. I looked and it
>> has a hallmark - Karlsson & Nilsson. Swedish. Go figure 
It looks a
>> little like this:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3w3ly2n
>>
>> So I looked it up. I found something similar online at Sur la Table and am
>> having one sent to him. This way he won't try to smuggle mine out of my
>> house in his suitcase. LOL Besides, he's got a birthday coming up so what
>> the heck, here honey, cut the cheese!
>
> I think that's way over priced for an ordinary cheese plane.
> http://www.amazon.com/Fox-Run-Wooden...2816605&sr=8-1
>
> Actually I've seen those cheese planes at the 99¢ stores. I know some
> can be pricey, those with ruby encrusted handles... but otherwise they
> are all the same.
>
> I have a cheese plane that cuts with a wire, I got it many years ago
> as a freebie from Chef's Catalog. It works fine especially on soft
> cheeses (cheese planes like yours don't work well on soft cheeses) but
> I rarely use it, I much prefer an ordinary paring knife... not an hour
> ago I sliced cream cheese with a paring knife, used it as a spreader
> too... one tool to wash. I only buy block cheese, last I bought
> sliced were those singles when my daughter was a tot, more than 40
> years ago. I haven't used this in so long I almost gave up looking
> for it, was way in the back of one of my junk drawers, needs
> cleaning... I had forgotten that it has two wires for two different
> thicknesses:
> http://i54.tinypic.com/2i9nwgp.jpg
>
> I hope you packaged that cheese plane for your honey bunny with some
> good cheese to plane... tell him it'll get all gummed up with
> Velveeta. LOL
Good old fashioned potato peeler works better than a wire or a planer
for slicing cheese. Try it. There will only be one thickness that it
really works at tho' (seems to depend on how hard and dry the cheese is)
Bob