Cutting Edge

This slicer has been in my cupboard for many years, but I hadn't used it recently. It took me nearly 20 minutes to figure out how all the pieces fit together when I dragged it out to slice some really, really thin roast beef for sandwiches. In the interim, I had also forgotten that one must push both green buttons (the other one is around the back) at once to make it go - safety precaution.

Once I had it all together and working, however, it did its usual great job. The roast beef, which began as a rather tough rump roast, was shaved so thin that it was tender and very rare. The machine also made short work of slicing my loaf of Della Fattoria Lemon Rosemary bread to just the desired thinness. The sandwiches made a great lunch.

Now, to wash this bad boy! Taking it all apart while carefully avoiding the wickedly sharp blade and making sure nothing nasty lurks in the cracks is the other down side and probably the reason why it had been so long since I had it out. Still, sitting down to perfectly rare, freshly sliced roast beef sandwiches was the reward for being on the cutting edge.