i really don’t know why, but i’d forgotten all about slicing loaves of bread. i guess it shows how much i get involved in the domesticity at home. we often get sliced bread and french sticks and other stuff which doesn’t require chopping in the same way.
however, working from home this morning i decided i needed some toast. and there was the loaf ready to cut. however, i’d forgotten about jane (my wife) and my incompatibility in this area.
She cuts at an angle whilst i go for the straight up and down cut. i think it’s to do with how she squashes the loaf with her non chopping hand. to ‘right each other’s wrongs’ we have to chop a wedge shape off, to reset the loaf, and then start our own style
so, once again i am reminded that there are generally two solutions to potential disharmony:
solution by ommission (i go nowhere near the bread (or have my own bread) and therefore don’t cause any trouble)
solution by technology (we buy sliced bread)
We have a thing in our house about cutting bread straight. Anyone who cuts squint gets the “Ok then, who was it that cut the last piece of bread then?” treatment.
Also, extends to cutting cheese correctly. Anyone who cuts the nose off cheeses like Brie or Stilton has to go and stand outside in the snow, rain or whatever it is doing, put on a silly hat and repeatedly say “time goes by so slowly” for a period of time dependening on the seriousness of the offence.
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