my dad always cut food items in the most bizarre ways. it was infuriating. he also ripped open cereal packets down the length of the bag instead of pulling the sides apart, and tore open the top of the box like he'd used his teeth, so you were left with no way to preserve the contents inside. any packaging, no matter how self explanatory in its method of opening, my dad would find a mind-bogglingly complex, messy and incredible way to open it. he still does this, but i no longer live with him, so i can pretend he doesn't.
you sir are going to upset my wife as i now have to try this food! however i am wondering what alternate cheese could be used that is easily available in England... also have to buy some blueberry jam i also wonder how this would taste if the jam was put on first and the cheese then lightly melted on top of the jam i mainly wonder this as my most recent experiment has become a favourate of mine, toast some bread, get some nacho cheese and chilli dip (from tesco) spread the dip on the toast once cooked nice and thickly then cover which thick mature chedder cheese and gently melt the cheese (so it melts but does not get a 'crisp' layer on top)
if women are as good at multi tasking as they say why do they have to stop whatever they are currently doing to tell you something. is talking the only task they cant multitask? Maybe I lived in some kind of kitchen equipment black hole but ive never seen a cheese cutter before, life will never be the same again
Yeah, I've been wondering about that as well. And if this is the case, do we really want to let them operate motorized vehicles? Yup. It's a norwegian invention, and we're damn proud of it.
I'm proud to say it's a dutch invention There's eben different types of them. The one so aptly demonstrated by Journeyer is the model for old and medium aged cheeses. Good old chease will crumble when sliced, but the block stays intact, so you get to enjoy many more cheese-cutting days. However, if you use this model on good young cheese, you will find that the extension on the top will "stick" to the block while you are cutting, thus tearing the block and creating the horrible mess that Journeyer was confronted with when he expressed his diminishing trust in the skillset of the female species. We Dutch take emancipation very seriously (we even allow women to dine at the same table occasionally) so we created a tool that enabled them to slice young cheese themselves. Displayed here is a premium model: Journeyer, might i suggest donating one such a device to your spouse, and run some tests to verify the results. NOTE: Sometimes it's nessicary to take away the model for older cheese, since not all specimen are able to make the distinction when to use which device.
Au contraire mate. It's a norwegian invention. Yes, though the one I displayed will ocassionally tear the edges of the cheese when used (particularly when cutting brown cheese), that was not the issue I had with my missus' cutting skills. She will deploy the cutter to the middle of the cheese at a haphazard angle, creating craters and edges all over the top, leaving an unholy mess for when I return to the cheese to satiate my culinary needs. However, your points about the extention making the operation of such devices harder on certain cheeses are sound, and I will see about investing in a variety as demonstrated by you.
I stand corrected. I have done some searching, and came to the conclusion that Thor Bjorklund of Lillehammer is to be my new hero.
Screw the Olympics, I'd be damn proud if the cheese cutter was a Finnish invention. Thank god we still have the dish draining closet under our belt, that's an awesome kitchen invention as well.
If you can find brown cheese - go for it! You will not regret it. Not sure if you will be able to find this particular kind of cheese in the UK though, however you could look around for a general store run by an emigrated norwegian. They usually stock brown cheese wherever they set root outside our borders. Alternate cheeses ... hmm ... that's tricky. The thing about brown cheese is that it's made from cream. There are also varieties made from goat's milk, but as to alternatives. Will have to look into this. Putting the jam underneath the cheese is fine, however when doing that you stand a much higher risk of making a mess, and trust me; blueberry jam does not come off shirts easily. Haven't tried melting the cheese over the jam though, may have to give this a go. I promise to do a full write-up when I try it out, and I will of course report in detail pros and cons. That sounds delicious. Experiments may be necessary.
hehe i might have to go around my local city this weekend, however must remember not to start muttering 'must find a norwegian' under my breath whilst trying to find some brown cheese... is it just me or do you think this could turn into a "Cheese experimentation thread"
Sure, why not. I give you, the Cheddar Cheese Cake: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cheddar-Cheese-Cake/Detail.aspx Dad's made one of these before, but to a slightly different recipe. He topped the cake with melted cheese and apricot jam. It was.... interesting.
Hahaha. Actually they might be easily spotted as their establishments whenever settled outside the national borders include proudly toting norwegian flags. Also, after a bit of googling, I've learned that the sailor's church always stock brown cheese for sale. If you can find a local chapter you might be in luck. As for this becoming a cheese experimentation thread ... bring it on. I love cheese, and I'd love to find new things to do with it. Recently I made a surprisingly successful souffle. Edit: You might actually also find it in IKEA. See this wiki article for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cheese
Different flavours but similar principal - jarlsberg and normal orange marmalade work rather well. A savoury variant is mature cheddar melted over bovril - delicious!
Wow, this thread started strong and got even better! I've seen the Norge cheese slicer, but that one is something completely alien to me confusis. We tend to use one of these in this house:
Krikkit, a word of warning: do not, under any circumstances, let a woman get her hands on one of those! If you keep more then one, they tend to use it as a weapon on eachother, and what's worse, if for any reason you have only one at a particular time there's about a 75% likelihood of her trying to use it against you! There are reports of them using these to prepare food in the wild, but i certainly have never witnessed it.
