If you often like to buy some plates, cups, tableware, etc., you must have been recommended variousbulk cheese knives. So, do you really need them? The cheese system is vast, basically covering cutting, chopping, slicing, scooping, shaving, scraping, spreading, grating, etc.
Take the cheeses most people often eat as an example. We need to spread cream cheese and mascarpone cheese; For Parmesan cheese, we need to grate it when adding salt and chop it when eating plain; For soft Brie cheese, we need to cut and insert, while for hard Manchego cheese we need to appropriately chop it…so these three types are basically enough for most people.
Of course, everyone has different preferences and habits. If the tools in your hand are not so handy anymore, as a leading kitchenware products manufacturer, Zhang Xiaoquan will introduce some common cheese knives and their corresponding uses.
Bulk cheese knife: Spatula
The spatula is quite wide, the blade is flat, and the head is quite sharp. This makes it very suitable for scooping soft and crumbly cheese, such as Gorgonzola or regular blue cheese, and then using its wide flat surface to spread the scooped cheese onto bread. You can also use this knife to cut thick chunks of semi-soft cheese into small portions.
Bulk cheese knife: Cheese fork
Well, this is actually not a knife, but you will always find it in various cheese knife bulk sets. It is mainly used to hold hard cheeses like Manchego in place when cutting with the other hand. However, when you have a cheese board, its ultimate use might be to pick up olives or ham.
Bulk cheese knife: Spreading knife
As the name implies, this knife is for spreading. It is actually used quite frequently, so you can have several of them. Goat cheese, Boursin, cream cheese, etc., are no problem. Oh, and brie wrapped in cream, which tastes super fancy, is also very suitable.
Bulk cheese knife: Chopping knife
It feels great to use, but it isn't used frequently. For small cheese platters, it is not very necessary and can seem overkill. Its wide blade, resembling a mini cleaver, is more suitable for cutting large blocks of hard or semi-hard cheese. Cutting Cheddar or Pepper Jack with it feels fantastic, but the problem is, do I lack a big knife? No, I lack big cheese.
Bulk cheese knife: Cheese plane
The cheese plane is an essential bulk cheese knife that can scrape thin and even slices from semi-soft cheese like Fontina, Havarti, Swiss, etc. This can qualitatively enhance the presentation of your salads.
Bulk cheese knife: Soft cheese knife
This is another versatile knife, and it's easy to find delicately crafted styles. Its thin blade is suitable for cutting soft cheese, while the tip has a small fork to serve irregularly shaped hard cheeses. If you are a fan of brie or camembert cheese, it's recommended to buy a bulk cheese knife with holes in the blade, which can effectively solve the sticking problem after cutting.
Bulk cheese knife: Cheese cleaver
Unlike the spatula mentioned earlier, this knife has sharp edges on all sides except for the handle. It's sharp from every angle except the handle. It works for both soft and hard cheeses; the key to using it is to insert the tip into the cheese and then dig and cut to the left or right. It's small yet has a considerable length, suitable for many situations, and it's a nemesis for Cheddar, Gouda, Pepper Jack, and the like.
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