Flamekebab

The only wisdom is in knowing we know nothing.

Unfortunately I’ve very definitely had this problem many times in my life. I really don’t like to assume someone’s interested in me unless it’s far beyond obvious.

Don’t reinvent the wheel, learn the Baguette on Snails framework!

I wish Markdown had better support for tables.

I don’t hate my job but it is something I do exclusively to make money. It has no role in self actualisation for me.

“Then you will be disappointed.”

Ew ew ew. No one is asking for AI, you weirdos!

Not Lenny!

Whilst that’s perfectly sensible, our household has at least two cheese slicers in case one is in the dishwasher. They’re very common in Swedish households!

Whilst my knife is unlikely to be sharp enough, I don’t have the hand skills to shave a 0.6mm wafer of cheddar off a block even with the best knife. My fine motor skills are excellent and I’m a professional miniature sculptor and have particular preferences on which specific scalpel blades I like to work with! My point being that I have significantly above average skills and that’s not sufficient. If you happen to have the tools and skill to shave cheese that way, fantastic, well done you, but that’s an extremely uncommon set of circumstances. As you say, most people’s knives aren’t up to the task. Meanwhile even a child can use a cheese slicer to get a decent slice off a block. …and yes, I did go and grab some calipers to check because I’m tired of this insane discussion. If you feel they’re a useless kitchen gizmo, cool, but lots of us love our cheese slicers because they’re tremendously useful and accessible.

Are you saying you think a cheese slicer does 3mm slices and therefore knife cuts are comparable?

Nope. The tools work very differently.

Hands off my knorks!

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I’ve eaten both, side by side, because it’s a really interesting difference. If you’ve decided that your reckoning is better than my experience then we’re done here.

The texture and flavour of a hard cheese cut with a cheese slicer is different from when one cuts with a knife. I like both but on a sandwich the cheese slicer wins every time.