On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:12:25 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>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

A paring knife is the most versatile, I can cut any thickness, and
it's more sanitary, those cheese planes require handling the cheese
with the other hand... I don't like them for company... all those
filthy hands... for company I cut cubes in advance and toothpics are
cheap.