Patent ID: 8146468

Claim:
A method of cutting soft food material, comprising the steps of: providing a cutter having a frame and a plurality of cutting elements that tautly extend between sections of said frame; providing a base plate; providing a compression plate; placing said frame of said cutter on said base plate, wherein said frame contacts said base plate and said plurality of cutting element are suspended across said base plate by said frame; placing said food material onto said plurality of cutting elements atop said base plate; placing said compression plate atop said food material, wherein said food material is interposed between said compression plate on one side and both said plurality of cutting elements and said base plate on an opposite side; pressing said compression plate toward said base plate, therein compressing said food material there between; and moving said plurality of cutting elements through said food material while maintaining said food material in compression between said compression plate and said base plate, wherein said frame moves from contact with said base plate to contact with said compression plate.