On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 11:59:07 +1000, "DavidW" > wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 10:55:31 +1000, DavidW wrote:
> >
> >> I bought some parmesan cheese at a delicatessen and got them to
> >> grate it just to save me the trouble, but their machine grates it
> >> too finely IMO. I don't think grated parmesan should be the
> >> consistency of talcum powder (okay, slight exaggeration, but it's
> >> very fine). I could get a coarser result myself with a hand grater,
> >> but I was wondering if anyone knows of an electrical kitchen device,
> >> or an attachment for a food processor, that would do a similar job.
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > You're obviously too lazy to grate cheese AND look it up on the Web.
>
> What's the difference between looking it up on the web and looking it up here? I
> can look up graters on the web but how will I know they won't produce the same
> result as the delicatessen? Here I can describe what I'm after and maybe cooks
> with experience with different graters can suggest something that fits what I'm
> looking for. I am willing to grate by hand if necessary but when I do I get a
> few large chunks and it becomes difficult to grate as the piece gets smaller.
>
>
I have the gizmo he posted. It's the thing that restaurants "grate"
cheese with at the table. It's actually *shredded" cheese. If you
want cheese that looks grated but the granules are bigger, you need to
whiz it in your food processor. That's the only way you'll get larger
granules and not shreds of cheese.

If you don't know the visual difference between grate and shred, this
is the time to educate yourself.


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