Cucumber sandwiches?

[Shemadee]

I've been very good and used my breadmaker religiously for a year or so. However this means having to slice the bread and I am hopeless no matter how hard I try! I wouldn't have lasted very long as a kitchen maid when they had to make sandwiches with wafer thin slices of bread. I would have ended up in the workhouse I am sure!

[Gemini]

Me too Shem!

Someone on here, I think it may be Clover, has a device for slicing bread (not a bread knife LOL) I keep intending to get one.

[Oma]

I do door wedges , huge at one end thin at the other end , I am not allowed to slice bread , B does a very good thin slice , I can't even slice a Bagel or Bread roll even 😁

[Daisy]

Gem - I think the device is something from Lakeland that you put the bread in and it has slots to slice through ... something like that.

Shem, very well done on using your bread maker - the bread is much nicer than shop bread, isn't it! I can't slice bread either. It's either, too thick, too thin or a bit of both, but if you're crafty making up sandwiches you can often even things up by pairing thick and thin slices together! I think the secret is a really extra-sharp knife - and a steady hand. I've got the knife ....

Oma - bread rolls never cut evenly. It's a law of nature.

[Shemadee]

I bought a slicing thing but it didn't seem to help much. I seemed to be cutting the plastic! Will get the knife sharpener out o see if it helps

[Nanto2girls]

I can't slice bread either. Very rare we have uncut bread. I like my bread very thinly sliced.

[Mimi]

The only way I can slice bread thinly is when the bread is stale and no one wants it then !

[Gemini]

My dad could slice very thin, very straight slices of bread

[Clover]

Yes I have a plastic affair with slots in for various sizes. I find it works a lot better than my ham-fisted "au naturel" slicing. A sharp knife also helps.

[Daisy]

Mimi - stale bread is good for toast though - but of course you don't want that too thin! LOL

Clover - I think you're right - I know I should sharpen the knife every time I use it, but I don't always remember to do it!