Slicing Meat And Poultry - Waring WFP14SK Manual

SLICING MEAT AND POULTRY

Cooked meat and poultry
The food must be very cold. If possible, use a chunk of food just
large enough to fit the feed tube. To make julienne strips of ham,
bologna or luncheon meat, stack slices of them. Then roll or fold
them double and stand them upright in the feed tube, wedging in as
many rolls as possible. This technique works better with square or
rectangular pieces than with round ones.
Uncooked meat and poultry
Cut the food into pieces to fit the feed tube. Boned, skinned chicken
breasts will usually fit when cut in half crosswise. Wrap the pieces in
plastic wrap and put them in the freezer. They are ready to slice when
they pass this "knife test": They are easily pierced with the tip of a
sharp knife although semi-frozen, and hard to the touch. Stand them
in the feed tube, cut side down, and slice them against the grain,
using firm pressure on the pusher. Or lay them flat in the feed tube,
as many as will fit, and slice with the grain, using firm pressure.
Frankfurters, salami and other sausages
If the sausage is soft, freeze it until hard to the touch, but easily
pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. Hard sausages need not be
frozen. If the sausage is thin enough to fit in the small feed tube, use
that tube. Otherwise, cut the sausage into pieces to fit the large feed
tube completely. Stand the pieces vertically, packing them in tightly
so they cannot tilt sideways.
SLICING CHEESE
Firm cheese like Swiss and Cheddar
Cut the cheese into pieces to fit the feed tube. Put it in the freezer
until it is semi-frozen – hard to the touch, but easily pierced with the
tip of a sharp knife. Stand the pieces in the feed tube and apply light
pressure to the pusher.
IMPORTANT
Never try to slice soft cheese. Slice only hard cheese such as
Parmesan. Do not use block sizes larger than 3.5" x .750" x 4.0"
(89mm x 19mm x 101mm). Always use well-chilled cheese when
slicing. It is recommended to keep cheese in refrigerator for at least
1 hour before slicing. Do not slice mozzarella in this unit. Damage to
the unit may occur.
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