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[Kon-Tiki]

I'd guess a cheese rake looks like this:

and is basically the same concept as an apple peeler, but for cheese.

[A. J. Raffles]

Ah, it looks like a user posted image. Interesting.

[Doubler]

Glad you're having a good time, Tai.
Looking forward to the pictures.

[A. J. Raffles]

Ah. The only ones I know look like this:

[Tom Henrik]

Tiki is wrong, Raffles is right

[Kon-Tiki]

It's the same principle

[MdaG]

A. J. Raffles, on Nov 9 2005, 01:05 AM, said:

Ah. The only ones I know look like this:

This is what we use in Sweden too.

How else do you eat cheese ?  

[Tulac]

You use knife, to slice up your cheese...

[PrejudiceSucks]

Yeah, you have to use a sharp knife, it works too. It's a bit rubbish though...

If you use a blunt/butter knife then all you get is bits of broken cheese.

[A. J. Raffles]

Kon-Tiki, on Nov 9 2005, 10:35 AM, said:

It's the same principle

Shhh. I love being told I'm right. (Never mind if it's true.) Now if only I could find a subtle way of telling that to my tutors as well...

I suppose the only difference would be that the one you posted could give you thicker slices (considerably thicker slices, in fact), and unless you were an expert cheese-raker they'd also tend to be a bit irregular, whereas the other more or less ensures that you can't get any slices thicker than about 2 millimeters. It's probably a matter of taste whether you'd consider that a good thing or not...

[PrejudiceSucks]

I recommend leaving some notes on their desks saying "I, Miss A.J. Raffles, like being told I am right. Cheers, tutory chums."

Just wait until the praise starts flying in like some kind of congratulatory biplane of justice.

[troop18546]

MdaG, on Nov 9 2005, 10:37 AM, said:

A. J. Raffles, on Nov 9 2005, 01:05 AM, said:

Ah. The only ones I know look like this:

This is what we use in Sweden too.

How else do you eat cheese ?  

I use a knife.

[DannyMc252]

A. J. Raffles, on Nov 8 2005, 11:05 PM, said:

Ah. The only ones I know look like this:

Ooh, we got one of em.
Works on cucumber too!
THATS how they always get those perfectly regular slices of cucumber in your tuna sandwiches.

Maybe the reason we have one is related to the fact my mother is swedish...

[Doubler]

We also have a couple of them. Couldn't do without them
And we don't have any relatives up north.

We use them on cucumbers too, by the way. To peal them.

[BeefontheBone]

I know it may have been my fault, but was there any need for over a page of off-topic discussion about cheese cutting implements? A wire cutter on a cheeseboard is clearly superior.