Slicing Fresh Bread

[jerseybean]

Help!
My parents bought me a breadmaker for my Birthday, which makes fantastic bread loaves.
Because it is so fresh and soft, I struggle to cut it in decent slices for sandwiches, general eating etc.
Any experienced breadmakeresses, or bakers who can advise on best cutting tools.
We have a standard serrated bread knife, and thats not cutting it!

[Flummery]

An electric knife cuts it well. However, I like to use its uncuttability quotient as a grand excuse for thick slices!

[Capsid]

You need one of these.

EvenSlice- Lakeland, the home of creative kitchenware

[Flummery]

It still tends to squash down a bit with a conventional bread knife. It's a bit like trying to saw up a mattress!

[lynda66]

are you waiting for it to cool down? .....if you can wait, it usually cuts much better

[Two_Sheds]

I've got a cheap double-edged (both serrated) Kitchen Devil bread knife, it's brilliant. None of our other (3) breadknives cut the mustard, so to speak

[Hilary B]

Help!
My parents bought me a breadmaker for my Birthday, which makes fantastic bread loaves.
Because it is so fresh and soft, I struggle to cut it in decent slices for sandwiches, general eating etc.
Any experienced breadmakeresses, or bakers who can advise on best cutting tools.
We have a standard serrated bread knife, and thats not cutting it!

Is that the fine serrations, or the 'scalloped' type? The latter is more reliable. Patience is the best answer. Let it cool properly, cut GENTLY using the length of the saw-like blade, and cut it thick! (and it will still be very tricky, that is simply the way it goes).

[Snadger]

Fresh bread shouldn't be cut............it should be torn apart with gusto!

[lynda66]

Fresh bread shouldn't be cut............it should be torn apart with gusto!

and covered in real butter whilst still hot

[Birdie Wife]

and dunked into a big bowl of soup...

[Pumpkin Becki]

I agree whole heartedly with everyone fresh bread (almost) straight out of the breadmaker/oven is the business, but as usual I take Flum's side - I bought a cheap as chips electric carving knife (£4.99), and it is the only way to cut proper slices you could serve to your mum without feeling embarrased!

[wiccanlou]

have you tried cuting it on its side?? I find that cutting from the top doesn't always work but the side does
I don't have a breadmaker as I have no room but i love making my own bread

[Johnny Appleseed]

Another vote for the Lakeland Evenslice

You need one of these.

EvenSlice- Lakeland, the home of creative kitchenware

It's superb at what it's designed for - plus a sharp serrated knife

[Bren In Pots]

Could try cutting the loaf upside down, it doesn't seem to squash as much that way round.

[jerseybean]

Thanks All.
I looked at the Lakeland Evenslice, but it did not have very good reviews.
Am tempted by electric carving knife, and the Kitchen devil. In the meantime all the rest of your advice will be put to use. Can't usually wait for it to cool down though.
Cheers!