Tool to slice meat thinly?

bundly

Any cookery experts on here please?

I am going to stop buying deli meats and make my own. These will be chicken breasts, gammon joints and roast beef joints. The problem is, I don't have a way to slice them thinly.

I have a V slicer and a mandoline, also a Kenwood food mixer with attachments, but I don't think ANY of these can be used to slice meat.

I've been looking online and there appear to be electric meat slicers, big and bulky and difficult to clean, and electric knives, which make me wonder whether they will slice fast enough or thin enough for my liking.

Maybe there is some other domestic machine or gadget that can do the job, which I have not yet heard of?

Can anyone advise, please?

B.

lostinrates

Electric meat slicers ARE big and bulky!

But they do the job superbly, quickly, efficiently.

We don't use ours THAT often, because we rarely need too, but when we do have appropriate use for it nothing compares.

touch*my*food*feel*myfork

I have this one, although an older version - for the amount of time i use it it is great and it folds up to make it slightly easier to store
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4228211.htm

HTH

GwylimT

Mandolin?

This post is too short.

flea72

I have the cookworks slicer too. Its about the size of a double toaster, so,not overly huge to store. Its easy to clean too, as it all comes apart. However i tend to cook large joints, slice and freeze. I wouldnt bother getting it out to slice one chicken breast, i would just use a carving knife for that

bundly

Thanks, folks!

So, that is two recommendations for the Cookworks one. Thanks for the link, I watched the video but when I tried to order it, they don't allow home delivery (how stupid!) I will try to get a friend to collect one and bring it over. Meanwhile, maybe others will join the thread and recommend another make.

Horace

I just use a very sharp meat knife. Mum used to get the ham joints in Aldi but dad decided that he no longer liked them as she cut the meat too thick (he is at that age where he has become overly fussy), I said that I could cut it thinly and I manage to get more out of the joint than she did.

bundly

Horace wrote: »

I just use a very sharp meat knife. Mum used to get the ham joints in Aldi but dad decided that he no longer liked them as she cut the meat too thick (he is at that age where he has become overly fussy), I said that I could cut it thinly and I manage to get more out of the joint than she did.

Horace is there some kind of a guiding device that helps people slice very thinly?

Seakay

GwylimT wrote: »

Mandolin?

This post is too short.

It's a slicing tool for fruit and veg. Originally wooden now often plastic and with a finger guard
eg http://www.allianceonline.co.uk/manolin-slicer-stand-lmps0001.html?gclid=CO3fmICposACFa7KtAod9QwAcg

teddysmum

I used to have a hand operated meat/bread slicer, bought as I was getting g about four slices from a joint, but it would never stay in place on the worktop, especially when a lot of pressure was needed.


I now have an electric one, bought from Lidl (own brand), which is much better, but rarely used, as we seldom have joints, now the family has left home.


There is a lot of dismantling , cleaning and reassembling involved for small amounts, too.

craigywv

I too have the cookworks one and its fab!