On Mar 22, 8:25*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:42:05 -0500, John Kuthe >
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> >On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:38:14 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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> >>On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:55:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >>>"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
> >>>news > >>>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:39:16 -0500, Bull > wrote:
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> >>>>>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:58:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >>>>>> >"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> >>>>>> >> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:24:24 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
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> >>>>>> >>>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:45:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >>>>>> >>>> >I just buy pre-shedded chese.
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> >>>>>> >>>> Pre-shredded cheese is for 1) people that don't own and/or know how
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> >>>>>> >>>> work a cheese grater or 2) camping.
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> >>>>>> >>>> John Kuthe...
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> >>>>>> >>>this is yet another one of julies money saving tips, like how sliced
> >>>>>> >>>apples are
> >>>>>> >>>cheaper than whole apples
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> >>>>>> >>>It's also for people who like cellulose and/or gluten on their
> >>>>>> >>>cheese, but
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> >>>>>> >>>couldn't possibly be julie
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> >>>>>> >> Or very fine sand, or whatever it is that they put on shredded cheese
> >>>>>> >> to keep it from clumping up and sticking together!!
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> >>>>>> >> I know it ain't cheese!
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> >>>>>> >> John Kuthe...
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> >>>>>> >They don't put anything on shredded cheese!
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> >>>>>> How do they keep it from sticking together?
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> >>>>>> John Kuthe...
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> >>>>>corn starch
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> >>>> There ya go! A little corn starch in your shredded cheese! YUM!
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> >>>> Maybe I'll start adding some corn starch to my shredded cheddar after
> >>>> I shred some cheddar with my cheese grater to give it that stale
> >>>> preshredded prepackaged cheese flavor!
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> >>>> Nahhhh! Just cheese for me, thank you very much.
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> >>>He's lying. *It's just cheese.
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> >>Actually Kraft shredded cheeses do contain natural anti-caking
> >>ingredients, doesn't say how much but probably a minimum amount... I
> >>will assume that all other brands of shredded cheese do the same.
> >>http://www.kraftrecipes.com/Products....aspx?SiteId=1....
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> >YEP:
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> >"POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE POWDER, AND CALCIUM SULFATE ADDED TO PREVENT
> >CAKING:
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> >Sorry Julie! A lot more there than "just cheese"!
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> I wouldn't call that "A lot more". *Many whole cheeses contain
> ingredients other than just milk, it's what gives them their
> individuality. *I don't think anyone ever suffered any ill effects
> from ingesting a bit of potato starch, cellulose, or calcium sulfate,
> which is a very common chemical in foods that is used as a desiccant,
> it is also used as a coagulant in products like tofu. *There are a lot
> more chemicals to be concerned with in a ham sandwhich.

None of those additives are the least bit unhealthful, and if the
cheese is melted, there's no difference in quality, but in
circumstances where the cheese is not melted, there is a discernible
difference. For tacos or salads, the pre-grated cheese in the pouches
is inferior. Melted on a pizza or enchiladas, there's pretty much no
difference.

--Bryan