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    How Many Ways Can You Use A Pizza Cutter?

    April 30, 2007 by G. Stephen Jones 19 Comments

    How Many Ways Can You Use A Pizza Cutter?

    A pizza cutter does more than just slice pizza.

    I was cutting some toast for one of my daughters one morning and the pizza cutter with its new homemade cardboard scabbard was still out from the night before so I decided to see how it would work on toast. To my surprise, it worked beautifully.

    So then I tried it on my other daughter's egg-in-hole and again it performed like a charm. I now figured I was on to something.

    For the record, if you make your own pizza or buy frozen commercial brands like DiGiorno, a pizza cutter is a must.  It makes slicing a pizza into kid-sized slices that much easier. Not that we eat a lot of pizza in our house, but it is a staple when we go out and have babysitters who are early on in their culinary education.

    So now I'm thinking what have I been missing all these years and what else might this circular blade be used for cutting. I'm on a mission to see how many unique and interesting ways one can use a pizza cutter besides slicing pizza.

    I figure I'm not the first one to think of using a pizza cutter for other kitchen chores so I invite you to share some of your favorite ways you have utilized this handy kitchen gadget.

    How Many Ideas Can You Come Up With?

    Please share your ideas in the comments section below.  I can't wait to see what you come up with.

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    Comments

    1. Rick

      April 30, 2007 at 10:11 pm

      What about cutting brownies or cookie sheet cake?

      Reply
    2. Betty Algier

      May 01, 2007 at 12:03 am

      Cutting
      Casa's
      Pita's for dip
      Homemade noodles (pasta)
      Fritata's once put on a cutting board
      Lasagna if the wheel is large use - use scissors at the ends
      Chocolate after cooled on plastic
      Fondant

      Reply
    3. Vicki

      May 01, 2007 at 2:07 am

      Fresh pasta
      Dough triangles for rugelach
      Scones & biscuits
      Homemade fruit leather

      Doesn't work on meat, either raw or cooked (I've tried).

      Reply
    4. Walden50

      May 01, 2007 at 11:18 am

      I use the pizza cutter on any type of flatbread, whether it be some homemade garlic bread or some naan with indian food. You could also use it to cut herbs and such, it works great on making strips of basil.

      I also use it on tortillas when I'm making my own tortilla chips.

      Reply
    5. Tim White

      May 04, 2007 at 11:12 am

      Shredding lettuce leafs for tacos. Lay leafs flat on board and cut into thin strips.

      Reply
    6. JD Schwerdtfeger

      May 04, 2007 at 1:39 pm

      I have taken a few slices of lunch meat (like ham or turkey) or sliced cheese and I use the pizza cutter to cut them into strips for salads.

      it is also one of the first tools I let my kids use when they were first learning their way around the kitchen but were too small for a "real" knife

      Reply
    7. Cecelia

      May 05, 2007 at 11:15 pm

      Quesadillas!

      Reply
    8. Katherine

      May 06, 2007 at 3:12 pm

      There is a rotary cutter for material that looks almost identical, you can replace that blade with new one and it also has a sharpener for it. I am a quilt maker, ask about it at a material store.
      Katherine

      Reply
      • DJ

        May 16, 2020 at 11:09 pm

        Katherine, are you saying you can us a rotary cutter as a pizza cutter? What about the opposite: Can you use a pizza cutter in place of a rotary cutter for crafts?

        Reply
    9. Terry

      May 07, 2007 at 12:36 pm

      Cecelia stole my feedback! We have a quesadilla maker at home and the pizza cutter is perfect for that. I've also seen them used in calzones in Pizza shops.

      Reply
    10. freeky fred

      May 08, 2007 at 1:36 pm

      pancakes
      flapjacks
      and garlic bread

      Reply
    11. Joy

      May 09, 2007 at 12:54 am

      I use my pizza cutter to cut homemade caramels into bite-sized chunks.

      Reply
    12. Kevin in San Antonio

      May 11, 2007 at 9:50 pm

      My pizza cutter works GREAT for cutting strips of pie dough for a lattice top. I tried it once on a whim and have sworn by it since.

      Reply
    13. Peggy

      May 13, 2007 at 1:11 pm

      I don't call it a pizza cutter any more. In our house it is referred to as the Universal Cutter. I even use it to cut chicken for chicken salad. But it is great for cutting up the kids' food...spaghetti, French toast...etc

      Reply
    14. Sam Sodickson

      May 15, 2007 at 2:41 am

      Makes a great PlayDoh tool!

      Reply
    15. Diana

      May 24, 2007 at 2:15 am

      When making brownies, I let them cool in the pan, then use my pizza cutter to cut them into the desired size pieces. No mess, and they are all a uniform size

      Reply
    16. Sally

      July 12, 2007 at 5:27 pm

      I use the pizza cutter to make homemade dumplings for soups.

      Reply
    17. Audrey

      November 18, 2015 at 7:16 pm

      I use it to make biscuits and rolled cookies. Just cut in squares, pinch corners in so they are slightly rounded. If you leave them suare they get a little crisp. Saves a lot of time, and you don't have a lot of dough to re-roll.

      Reply
    18. Darth Vader

      December 28, 2018 at 5:52 pm

      I used to scrape ice off my car in the winter time

      Reply

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