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How to slice a loaf of bread – Jamie Oliver’s Home Cooking Skills


00:00:00right for cutting a little for bread the

00:00:01best thing you need is a bread knife and

00:00:04all it is is it is a long straight knife

00:00:06with serrated edge on the bottom quite a

00:00:09stiff blade and a chopping board but to

00:00:13cut the bread the secret is not to push

00:00:16too hard let that let the serrated edge

00:00:19of the knife do the work move it back

00:00:22and forward and it will cut through the

00:00:23bread and don’t need to chop it you

00:00:27don’t need to hack it keep the bread

00:00:30still move the knife back and forward

00:00:34make sure you’re cutting vertically you

00:00:40don’t want to end up cutting the loaf

00:00:41like that or like that and make sure

00:00:44that the the the knife is straight

00:00:46parallel to the last cut that you made

00:00:48otherwise you’ll get what a slice of

00:00:50bread with a thin end and a thick end

00:00:52which is not good so don’t push too hard

00:01:00keep your knife vertical and that’s how

00:01:04to slice a loaf

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