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   clacke@libranet.de is my main (notclacke@fedia.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 22:12:53 JST clacke@libranet.de is my main

   Me: You know how easy it is to make pancakes, right? Just some flour, butter, eggs, milk, boom, pancakes.
   Kid: Yeah?
   Me: You can buy pre-made pancakes!
   Kid: I expected that.
   Me: And there's canned spaghetti!
   Kid: Yeah? Maybe you want the meat sauce to be just right?
   Me: It's literally just tomato sauce and spaghetti! In a can! Warming it up takes about as long as just boiling normal dry spaghetti.
   Kid: Whatever! That's still not as weird and lazy as PRE-SLICED CHEESE!

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     clacke@libranet.de is my main (notclacke@fedia.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jun-2025 13:48:23 JST clacke@libranet.de is my main

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     • Mans R

     @mansr Yes, I explained that to him and it blew his mind.

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     Mans R (mansr@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jun-2025 13:48:25 JST Mans R

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     @notclacke That's because cheese slicers are rare outside of Scandinavia.

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     clacke@libranet.de is my main (notclacke@fedia.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jun-2025 13:55:08 JST clacke@libranet.de is my main

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     • Mans R

     @mansr Now I went looking for the kind of wire cheese slicer grandma had before the Norwegian cheese plane, and I found so many kinds of slicer I've never seen before.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jun-2025 21:06:33 JST clacke

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Mans R

     @loke Fifteen years ago, IKEA HK had cheese slicers. Eight years ago, no more slicers.

     If I need to replace one of my slicers, I'll go on a pilgrimage to northern Europe.

     Same with usable can openers. ICA MAXI in Sweden is where the good household stuff is.

     @mansr @notclacke

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jun-2025 21:06:34 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     • Mans R

     @notclacke @mansr How's cheese slicer access in HK? Although I suppose you have all you need from Ikea 🙂

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 01:38:45 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     • Mans R

     @clacke @mansr @notclacke I'm pretty sure they had cheese slicers at IKEA Singapore. Now I need to check if they still have them.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 01:38:53 JST clacke

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Mans R

     @mansr This style can opener? Or ones with moving parts or worse leverage?

     handla.ica.se/produkt/2000037

     @loke

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     Mans R (mansr@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 01:38:55 JST Mans R

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     • Elias Mårtenson

     @clacke @loke @notclacke Tin openers can be found here in England. Potato peelers are a different matter.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 01:40:14 JST clacke

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Mans R

     @mansr Yeah I really don't like those. The one-piece lip-grip + knife-edge with a comfy handle beats every other idea by a wide margin.

     @loke

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     Mans R (mansr@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 01:40:16 JST Mans R

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     • Elias Mårtenson

     @clacke @loke Mine is similar to this one. The exact model seems to have been discontinued in the ~20 years since I bought it.

     https://www.brabantia.com/int_en/essential-line-can-opener-with-plastic-handle-white/