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My $15 bread lame is the best money I spent all month
I've been fighting with a knife to score my sourdough for like a year now. Last weekend I finally grabbed a cheap bread lame from a local kitchen store for $15 bucks. First loaf I tried it on? Gorgeous ear popped right up. No more dough sticking to a dull knife or tearing the top crust. I'm kinda mad I waited so long honestly. Anyone else put off buying a simple tool that ended up being a game changer?
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jadew6328d ago
Hold on, a lame is actually a French razor blade tool, not a simple knife substitute.
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drew_park26d ago
My uncle spent like 80 bucks on a proper lame for his sourdough hobby, swore it was the only way to get those ear shapes. Then last Christmas he used it to try and open a stubborn plastic clamshell from Target and snapped the blade clean in half. It's funny how we always assume one good tool can do everything, then reality smacks you in the face with a busted blade and a torn package lol.
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milestaylor28d ago
Gotta jump in here cause this actually tripped me up once. My buddy Tim was bragging about his new lame for bread scoring, said it was a total game changer. Then he showed up to a Renaissance fair with this tiny curved blade and tried to slice a watermelon with it. Thing just bounced off the rind and nearly took his thumb off. Learned real quick a lame is for getting fancy patterns on dough, not for hacking through fruit.
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