So, I have grown up in Norway and everyone uses a cheese slicer(ostehøvel), but recently I have thought about it and those cheese slicers were invented in 1925, in Norway. Therefore I’m gonna guess that most countries don’t use them(some probably do) and then I’m wondering:

How do you slice cheese?
Do you buy blocks of cheese?
Do you go to a cheese slicer place(are they in your stores?)

9 comments

  1. I buy blocks of cheese, usually 5-7hg, and then I do the slicing with a knife

  2. It’s very common to buy cheese that’s already packaged in slices. Other than that, if the cheese comes in wheel or ball format, people just use a knife to cut slices and remove the wax.

    Edit: I guess it’s worth mentioning queijo da serra, which is a very buttery Portuguese sheep cheese, and is often opened by cutting a round hole at the top of the cheese and taking bits from the inside with a spoon.

  3. It’s sliced on the spot in the store while you wait. Same with ham. I don’t know any people that have a slicing machine at home.

    Of course sliced cheese and ham are also available prepackaged as not every store or supermarket has a dedicated butchery/cheese counter.

  4. I buy a block of cheese and slice it with a knife, I didn’t even know cheese slicers were a thing

  5. We have a cheese slicer, but in practice I just use a knife to slice the cheese.

  7. I have a cheese slicer but I’ve never used it. I just use a regular paring knife or any suitable sharp one laying about. I buy blocks, wedges, sliced and grated cheeses.

  8. Cheese slicer obviously. As Dutch people we need to use the most efficient way to slice cheese or we’d waste months of our lives on all the extra time it takes

  9. I rarely buy cheese that’s not packaged sliced but if I do it’s either sliced by a shop assistant in the store or I just use a knife. I do have a cheese slicer somewhere but I’m not even sure where.

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