How did ancient civilizations survive without Google? I just typed in "laser bologna cheese cut" (actually it was "laser cold cheese cut" but I just had a wicked craving for bolony) and found this article on the use of lasers to cut cheese without cooking it. They weren't able to cut any deeper than 10 mm but hey, shredded parmesan is pretty small. I think they short changed themselves on the utility of this nifty method.