I knew a woman who would turn the loaf on end, clasp it to her apronned bosom with her left arm and saw away with her right arm while the family watched transfixed as the blade moved inexorably towards her chest 😨
Please don’t try this at home unless you have a stab-proof pinny! 😉
My granny and my mum!! And with large continental loaves I do it too. 😛
My wife can't cut bread into a sensible shape to save her life. She also refuses to listen when I tell her the bone handled bread knife I inherited from my gran can't go through the dishwasher, so now we have an increasingly blunt knife with a destroyed handle which doesn't help.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
My grandad used to be the manager of a small grocer's shop (Fine Fare - anyone remember those) and they had a machine similar to that which he used to slice ham and other cooked meats.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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Not a bad effort!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.