On 2012-05-10 16:34:56 +0000, Janet Bostwick said:

> I would expect a grated cheese to be granular or powdery in form.
> Shredded cheese should be in strands. Shaved cheese is a very thin
> and broader piece of cheese that has a tendency to curve or curl. At
> least that is my take on what the texture should be like. I guess you
> have to experiment to see which of your tools will produce the right
> texture. For me, shave cheese can be accomplished with room
> temperature hard cheese and a potato peeler. Grated cheese is that
> funny, bumpy side of the box grater. Shredded cheese is the side of
> the box grater that has the holes. You can also shred with a food
> processor.

My experience is that if you put dry cheeses through a manual cheese
grater, regardless of the whole size, you get "grated", they don't seem
to have the physical integrity to make strands. If the jeeze is not a
dry or crumbly cheese you get strands.