More than once the words "I wish we had a meat slicer" have been muttered by Dan. We long ago stopped buying grocery store lunch meat since most of it is some type of 'loaf' and chock-full of nitrates, chemicals and other artificial additives, and way too much salt. Unfortunately, we both really love meat sandwiches. Now that we're raising broilers and pigs it seemed to make sense to go ahead and purchase a slicer. Dan set out to find the perfect one. We didn't want a home-grade kitchen slicer as none of the reviews make them out to be quality appliances. We (Dan especially) does not purchase items made in China for a variety of reasons. This drastically reduced our options. After much research, Dan decided on a restaurant-grade Bertel brand made in Italy. The downside is that Bertel's run about $1400 new. So, he's been watching eBay for a used model and lo and behold, a Bertel finally appeared. On the last day there were still no bids. He waited until the last few minutes (yes, he's a sniper!) and placed his bid. The slicer was ours for a fraction of the cost of a new one!
Today we cooked two broilers on the rotisserie of our grill. One for dinner and one to slice for sandwiches. As for dinner, we all agreed it was the best chicken we've ever eaten. Ever. Period. After dinner he brought out the new toy, er I mean slicer. He started slicing beautiful pieces of chicken breast. Next he scoured the fridge for a block of cheese to slice. It sliced up beautifully as well. I foresee lots of sandwiches this coming week.
Here is our behemoth slicer in action....
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