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CHEESE SLICER BACK TO COOKING GADGETS  
     

The original cheese slicer was invented and patented in 1925 by Thor Bjørklund, a carpenter from the city of Lillehammer in Norway. The cheese slicer's mass production started in 1927. The design was based on the carpenter's plane.

This style of slicer is very common in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and Switzerland. The success of the cheese slicer in these countries is based on the

End Grain Butcher Block Cheese and cheese slicer  

fact that cheese is eaten mainly sliced, on bread and that the most traditional cheese varieties in these countries are hard enough to be sliced.

  
Another model of cheese slicer, popular in North America, features a thin wire stretched between the prongs of a hand held metal slicing device. A cylindrical "roller" rests against the edge of the block of cheese while the wire slices through the cheese, providing pressure and guiding the device smoothly such as to create uniform slices of cheese. This style of cheese slicer is especially well suited for the softer cheeses, such as mozzarella.In 1971, another entirely different design The original cheese slicer can be used to slice many other foods, such as cucumber The original cheese slicer can be used to slice many other foods, such as cucumber  
of cheese slicer was invented and patented by a manufacturer in California. The original Prodyne Gourmet Cheese Slicer had a wooden board with a slot cut  
into it and a hole through which one end of a U-shaped steel cutting arm was inserted. In the patented design, a stainless steel wire extends between the two ends of the cutting arm fit into the slot, and cuts the cheese.  The wire has loops at each end; one loop is around the steel cutting arm in the slot, while the other p  asses around a metal pin though a plastic handle on the other end of the cutting arm. The plastic handle rotates upward to tighten the wire, and is secured to the cutting arm with a screw. Cheese slicer designed for people with rheumatism. Cheese slicer designed for people with rheumatism.  
     
The board-style cheese slicer has been expanded to include marble, stainless steel, and plastic cutting boards. Several other designs of handles and wire holders have also been invented to hold the cutting wires of cheese slicing boards. Many of these wires have loops on the ends like the Prodyne models; others have small rings or knots that fit into a slot on the handle and cutting arm. Beechwood cheese slicer with wire Beechwood cheese slicer with wire  
     


 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

  
   
     
   
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