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!

Jill

On 8/7/2011 6:05 PM, 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/3w3ly2no
> So I looked it up. I found something similar online at Sur la Table and
> am having one sent to him.


Those work very well on semi-hard and hard cheeses. I really like the
wooden handled ones. Every Swedish household I've ever been in has a
number of these. Some of them have handles that match old silver
patterns or Georg Jensen flatware.

They can also be used to shave chocolate.


gloria p

"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/7/2011 6:05 PM, 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/3w3ly2no
>> So I looked it up. I found something similar online at Sur la Table and
>> am having one sent to him.
>
>
> Those work very well on semi-hard and hard cheeses. I really like the
> wooden handled ones. Every Swedish household I've ever been in has a
> number of these. Some of them have handles that match old silver patterns
> or Georg Jensen flatware.
>
> They can also be used to shave chocolate.
>
>
> gloria p

Dang tiny URL! This is what I sent him:
http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...3/Cheese-Plane

I've never been in a Swedish household but it does a nice job with Swiss and
Cheddar. I never thought about shaving chocolate with it. Maybe I'll give
it a try some time

Jill

On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:32:15 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

> Those work very well on semi-hard and hard cheeses. I really like the
> wooden handled ones. Every Swedish household I've ever been in has a
> number of these. Some of them have handles that match old silver
> patterns or Georg Jensen flatware.

That's what the people we visited in Amsterdam used too. We aren't
that civilized. We keep our cheese in the refrigerator and slice off
a big hunk when we want to eat it (usually while standing over the
cutting board).

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"jmcquown" > wrote in
:

> 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!
>
> Jill
>

wow. that john fella is one lucky coot!

On 8/8/2011 12:11 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> "gloria.p" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/7/2011 6:05 PM, 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/3w3ly2no
>>> So I looked it up. I found something similar online at Sur la Table and
>>> am having one sent to him.
>>
>>
>> Those work very well on semi-hard and hard cheeses. I really like the
>> wooden handled ones. Every Swedish household I've ever been in has a
>> number of these. Some of them have handles that match old silver
>> patterns or Georg Jensen flatware.
>>
>> They can also be used to shave chocolate.
>>
>>
>> gloria p
>
> Dang tiny URL! This is what I sent him:
> http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...3/Cheese-Plane
>
> I've never been in a Swedish household but it does a nice job with Swiss
> and Cheddar. I never thought about shaving chocolate with it. Maybe I'll
> give it a try some time
>

When we married in the 60's we bought our household equipment in
Scandinavian import
stores (mostly "Scan", owned by the local coop). Our cutlery included a
cheese plane and it still works very well.


--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

"Barry Lindin" > wrote in message
0.162...
> "jmcquown" > wrote in
> :
>
>> 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!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> wow. that john fella is one lucky coot!


Sarcasm? How quaint. Actually I'm the lucky one. He buys all the
groceries when he's here. Cheese included : )

Jill

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

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

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:19:58 -0400, James Silverton wrote:

> On 8/8/2011 12:11 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Dang tiny URL! This is what I sent him:
>> http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...3/Cheese-Plane
>>
>> I've never been in a Swedish household but it does a nice job with Swiss
>> and Cheddar. I never thought about shaving chocolate with it. Maybe I'll
>> give it a try some time
>>
>
> When we married in the 60's we bought our household equipment in
> Scandinavian import
> stores (mostly "Scan", owned by the local coop). Our cutlery included a
> cheese plane and it still works very well.

i miss the scan stores. i bought a fair amount of 'ready-to-assemble'
furniture there.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:08:16 -0500, Andy > wrote:

> Who wants cheese slivers and crackers anyway?

Those thin cheese slices go well with bread. It's very civilized.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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!

Mine looks almost idential. I have 2 of them so when one is in the
dishwasher, we have another. Nice job on hard or semi-hard cheeses.
The sort that use a string are just too finicky for that application.


--

sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:08:16 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>
> > Who wants cheese slivers and crackers anyway?
>
> Those thin cheese slices go well with bread. It's very civilized.

Yup. And even with my medical issues, I can use the cheese planes
quite well to make a grill cheese samwich. Just layer them up a bit
(grin). The ones i have slice about like the pre-sliced packaged
cheeses come but I like a bit more so go with a sort of 1/2 layer extra.

--

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.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> 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)


I rarely buy soft cheeses so the point is moot.


> 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 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


My "honey bunny" has probably never bought Velveeta. John prefers swiss
cheese or extra sharp cheddar, in blocks I found a planer like you
posted but when I went to buy it it said "out of stock". So I got the one
from Sur la Table. More expensive? Sure. But he's worth it.

Jill

On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:25:28 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

> So I got the one from Sur la Table. More expensive? Sure. But he's worth it.

LOL

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:08:16 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>>
>> > Who wants cheese slivers and crackers anyway?
>>
>> Those thin cheese slices go well with bread. It's very civilized.
>
> Yup. And even with my medical issues, I can use the cheese planes
> quite well to make a grill cheese samwich. Just layer them up a bit
> (grin). The ones i have slice about like the pre-sliced packaged
> cheeses come but I like a bit more so go with a sort of 1/2 layer extra.
>
> --
>
The planer I have makes the perfect thickness for cheese toast, especially
yummy on sourdough bread! But yes, John used it to make grilled cheese
sandwiches I use it to slice swiss cheese for burgers.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:25:28 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>> So I got the one from Sur la Table. More expensive? Sure. But he's
>> worth it.
>
> LOL
>
The cheap one was out of stock. Something funny about my being willing to
spend more?

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:58:06 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:25:28 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> So I got the one from Sur la Table. More expensive? Sure. But he's
> >> worth it.
> >
> > LOL
> >
> The cheap one was out of stock. Something funny about my being willing to
> spend more?

The expensive one was what? $20? I just got a kick out of what you
said. I would have said the same thing about something inexpensive
that I bought for my husband, so the way you phrased it tickled me.
That's all. Nothing more, nothing less.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Really nice useful ideas are placed in this thread having useful guides for everybody who spent most times in the kitchen,.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:58:06 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:25:28 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> So I got the one from Sur la Table. More expensive? Sure. But he's
>> >> worth it.
>> >
>> > LOL
>> >
>> The cheap one was out of stock. Something funny about my being willing
>> to
>> spend more?
>
> The expensive one was what? $20? I just got a kick out of what you
> said. I would have said the same thing about something inexpensive
> that I bought for my husband, so the way you phrased it tickled me.
> That's all. Nothing more, nothing less.
>
Might remind you of the Loreal Ad: I'm Worth It

LOL

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> 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!
>
> Jill

I find that a good sharp Y shaped vegetable peeler works as well.
Or if you want julienned strips, use one of the Zyliss julienne peelers. You
just have to get used to engaging the *first* part of the blade, instead of
just the second part.

Boli