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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2018-09-20 10:02 AM, wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:46:16 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>
>>
>> On 19-Sep-2018, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:32:40 GMT, l not -l wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18-Sep-2018, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Do you have metal replacement gears for the more "modern" KitchenAid
>>>>> mixers? :-)
>>>>
>>>> Sorry; but, I do not. The parts I provision, some newly made, others
>>>> recycled, are for Rival and Magic Hostess (metal bodied) meat slicers,
>>>> Kitcheneer and Shred-o-matic appliances of the 60s-80s.
>>>
>>> That seems to ring a bell now. I've always wanted a real meat
>>> slicer. You know, 400 RPM with the the automatic shuttle and feeder
>>> - kind of like they use (or used) at Arby's back in the dayz. Just
>>> set it and forget it!
>>
>> I know the slicers you mean; I have lusted for one as well. But, I settled
>> for an old Rival workhorse. A few years back, when I baked a lot of bread,
>> I lusted for a Berkel bread slicer.
>
> Unless you're selling sliced loaves it doesn't make sense to slice a
> lot of bread before eating it.... use a bread knife to slice as
> needed.

If there are enough people around to eat a loaf of bread within a day or
two will slice it as needed. My wife rarely eats bread and I only eat a
slice or two a day, so I keep bread in the freezer. It is hard to slice
frozen bread, so I get sliced bread from our local bakery and take out a
slice or two as needed.