My shop went to ordering quarter wheels a few years ago. However, we still have parm cracking events a couple of times a year.
I have never mastered the skill, and i feel like I’m getting worse. The last one i did had so many caves and mountains on each side!
This may not be the most important skill in the world, but it is a traditional skill that goes back centuries, and when it is done well, it is a thing of beauty!
Well done, op. Good luck in your future endeavors!
Perfect_Play_622
I love the concept of cracking parm. Especially when someone else is going to wrap it.
leila-lovely
tasty cheeseeee i wanttttt
Blueporch
I feel like cracking open a big wheel of Parmesan is on a lot of cheese “bucket lists”. What a great experience to have had. I hope your next job has similar joys.
tbrockjr
Nice feeling! Cracking that 90 lb wheel!
tipareth1978
Oh man I was a cheese monger for years. Id kill to crack a wheel of parm right now
betterme2037
I call dibs on all those little parm shingles
potus1001
Are you at Wegmans?
dasFisch
Question. Did you take nibbles of the scraps that came off the cracked wheel?
Actual_Ordinary_9622
I work in the specialty cheese department at my store and it’s only been a month but I have yet to do this or see my manager do it. I bet it’s super fun. Good luck out there in the wild world op
TheLastPimperor
I hate how much better you all are than me 🙁
coffincowgirl
Hope it was good, I want the little bit that fell off in the middle 😩
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I’ve done at least 1 a week so at ~100lbs each that’s about 15,600 pounds of parm
I love cracking parm! Cut one today too. It’s muscle memory at this point.
Now I’ve got a nice threat “You’ve cracked your last wheel of parm friend,”
I love cracking this wheel, it’s a guilty pleasure. Satisfying but so tired afterwards.
This is what I did last month
https://preview.redd.it/nxzrsh3tnlaf1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37dda21d600cbea79647e76264b68f7df1960369
Beautiful crack, cheese monger!
My shop went to ordering quarter wheels a few years ago. However, we still have parm cracking events a couple of times a year.
I have never mastered the skill, and i feel like I’m getting worse. The last one i did had so many caves and mountains on each side!
This may not be the most important skill in the world, but it is a traditional skill that goes back centuries, and when it is done well, it is a thing of beauty!
Well done, op. Good luck in your future endeavors!
I love the concept of cracking parm. Especially when someone else is going to wrap it.
tasty cheeseeee i wanttttt
I feel like cracking open a big wheel of Parmesan is on a lot of cheese “bucket lists”. What a great experience to have had. I hope your next job has similar joys.
Nice feeling! Cracking that 90 lb wheel!
Oh man I was a cheese monger for years. Id kill to crack a wheel of parm right now
I call dibs on all those little parm shingles
Are you at Wegmans?
Question. Did you take nibbles of the scraps that came off the cracked wheel?
I work in the specialty cheese department at my store and it’s only been a month but I have yet to do this or see my manager do it. I bet it’s super fun. Good luck out there in the wild world op
I hate how much better you all are than me 🙁
Hope it was good, I want the little bit that fell off in the middle 😩
My brain every time somones cutting the cheese:
https://preview.redd.it/ddzzxppcyoaf1.jpeg?width=860&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=740442550362ce92ecd05970ed59cbc89031b05c
I’d eat the whole thing in a day
Miley stylish
I just did that about 20 minutes ago, it’s a real arm workout
My first thought was: “Oh no! What happened to the rest of the parm?!?”
Some people really have it all
It’s beautiful, ive been staring at it for five hours now
I prefer the double handled knife
wholefoods? 🤔 I miss being there when they would crack open a fresh wheel
A work of art
I got pretty damned fast at this when I was a cheesemonger for The Fresh Market. I had that same tool kit too
Gimme a week in a room alone with that thing, and only one of us is leaving
man now I gotta get some cheese (I actually went upstairs just to get cheese, I love r/Cheese
I do miss how satisfying a clean crack was. Also miss eating the freshest parm shavings as I went ugh 🤤
Now you are my hero. That’s one dream of mine…
jaw hit the floor 🤤