Cheese slicer

Interesting that the Vietnamese adopted the baguette but not the cheese.  Now that VN has a dairy industry, maybe there will be a slow rise in interest in cheese particularly among Vietnamese who have traveled to Europe.  It certainly is better than the milk sweetened with sugar that lines supermarket shelves

The cheese consumed by middle class Vietnamese families since the late '50s has always been soft or semi soft pressed cheese from France, such as La Vache Qui Rit (top of the list and still very popular today with children), followed by Saint-Nectaire, Brie, Reblochon, and Mont d’Or, none of them needed slicer.

I packed my own two slicers (among the few household items I couldn't live without) and still have yet to use either one of them.

I prefer harder cheeses like cheddar, gouda and edam, which my supermarket carries, so if I don't find a slicer by the time I go back to the US in October, I guess I will buy one there.  Or two.  I got rid of most my household belongings when I moved here, but could have easily slipped a couple of cheese slicers in my luggage.  Oh, well.

This has been the hardest part of life for me here -- figuring out where to buy little stuff.  I still haven't figured out where tall kitchen garbage bags might be -- I've been using the large supermarket bags, but often I don't buy enough to get one of them.

Funny about this...I couldn't find one either.

Had the local junk/scrapper guy make me one after I showed him some pictures.

Has a roller and everything.  Unfortunately, not adjustable for slice size.

I use a "G" guitar string for the slicer bit. Held at the top by 2 screws.