Whether you're preparing a or just making a late-night snack for yourself, cheese is a vital component. We all know that no charcuterie board is complete without at least three different cheese types, if you can stop at three; but they are such a pain to cut into uniform slices. Well, one TikToker, randyandco, shared their hack for ensuring cheese gets cut up into even slices, and while it does use a knife — obviously — it also requires a fork.
A typical fork has four evenly-spaced prongs, called tines. To use a fork for uniform slices of cheese, you'll lay your cheese in front of you, length-wise, and starting at one end, press the fork (holding it so that the tines are horizontal) into the top, enough to create indents. Repeat this all along the cheese, starting the next set where the last left off.
When you're done, you have a perfect guide for cutting the same size slices of cheese every time, and you can make quick work of cutting it up for your charcuterie board. Other cheesy uses for a fork Your fork has another purpose when cutting cheese. How often have you tried slicing a block, only to have it slide around the cutting board, putting your fingers in danger? You can actually use a fork to hold your cheese in place while you cut it (after marking the little guidelines with the tines, naturally).
Just slide the tines into the cheese near the opposite end from which you're starting to cut and hold securely. You can adjust the fork placement as necessary. Let's say y.