so if you have a breadmaker, is the only way to cut it with a knife??

[MumtoAnne]

i was thinking of dd might not like big hunks of bread at nursery!

Lakeland sell a breadknife which fits over the end of the bread and cuts all the slices to the same thickness, I use ours to slice up loaves before freezing them.

I don't have a bread maker but buy whole loaves - it takes practice and a steady hand but it is possible to cut slim slices.

Is this what you mean Greeny? Do you have one? Is it any good?

Ok obviously you have one because you said already that you use it .

Or you can buy a bread slicing machine, my dad has one and it's great.

I think this is it

I use a slicing machine. It is very good, but not on the really airy/crusty bread. I find it works very well on the 50% wholemeal loaf which I usually make. I also use it to slice home pressed cold meats, roasts, whole salamis etc etc. Bit of a pain in the arse to wash though...

No, mine is a sharp breadknife with a little bit extended out from the blade about 1/2 an inch - you hold it against the end of the bread and it slices it to the same thickness every time. It does work, I like mine

Ah - this one?

Have to say MumtoAnne, it's cutting the bread which has put me off buying a breadmaker.

The Lakeland gadget is just another expense. Greensleeves, is it really any good? It looks a bit awkward to me, or maybe it's because she's doing it left-handed!

ooops, was a bit slow there.

Is it the 2nd one then?

Yes, that's the one. I find it very useful, I like my bread sliced evenly and not too thickly, and I find it quite difficult to do on my home-made loaves without this knife.

(I don't work for Lakeland, honest )

I find breadmaker bread is denser than shop bought and easier to cut. Cheapo wobbly bread knives don't help either.

I use an electric meat slicer thing (which also gets used for other 'slicing' jobs too. Really quick and easy - and it's easy to pack away/

We had the Kenwood slicey thing linked to below, and it was really good... until a few months in it started chewing everything up... then a few months more the mechanism started sounding really ropey, then it just stopped working all together.

Would have taken it back under guarantee but we use a knife now...

HRH - which one do you use?