On Oct 18, 2:12*pm, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:54:05 -0400, Steve Freides wrote:
>
> >> Anything one can add to home-grated sharp cheddar to keep it
> >> "fluffy?" My wife likes store-bought grated cheese, I prefer my
> >> grass-fed cheddar so I grated an entire block, wasn't much, today,
> >> and put it in a gallon zip-top bag in the refrigerator. *Mine is
> >> already not so "fluffy".
>
> >> Cornstrach, flour, some sort of OK-but-sounds-terrible chemical they
> >> use in food processing?
>
> >> Guesses are fine, but if someone actually has a real-world answer,
> >> that's what I'm looking for.
>
> >> Thanks in advance.
>
> > Also, here's a decent article worth reading:
>
> > <http://powderedcellulose.com/wp-content/themes/agency-sweetener-suppl....>
>
> > -sw
>
> An interesting article, I agree. *I wonder if this would work?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Alaven-Unifibe...e-Laxatives/dp...
>
> Looks like the right thing - not sure why it says it's for laxatives - a
> small amount in my grated cheese seems worth a try.
>
> As to why pre-shred, it's all about schedule - my wife doesn't want to
> have to grate/shred the cheese, and because I give music lessons for
> most of my living, the hours between when school ends and dinner time
> are my main teaching time and I'm thus unavailable to do this for her -
> and she never knows how much she'll want, so the solution has to be to
> give her what she's asking for, a bag of grated cheese she can know is
> in the 'fridge.
>
> -S-

It takes seconds to grate/shred cheese. I can't understand why she
doesn't want to do it...afterall, she's in the kitchen making dinner
anyway.