On Oct 18, 12:54*pm, "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.
>
> -S-

What made you grate the whole block?

Chemo wrote:
> On Oct 18, 12:54 pm, "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.
>>
>> -S-
>
> What made you grate the whole block?

She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
there, grated, when she cooks. My wife does most of the cooking, I do
most of the shopping. I wanted _not_ to buy a pre-grated bag of
cheese - too expensive, and not the grass-fed cheddar I like, thus my
attempt to mimick packaged grated cheese. Mind you, she commutes to a
full-time job and I work from home most of the time - I really
appreciate that she's willing to do most of the cooking and want to
accomodate her request as best I'm able while still trying to keep the
better quality, less expensive food item if I can. It took my all of 5
minutes to grate that much cheese - might even be a way to do it in the
food processor for all I know.

-S-

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:21:36 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
wrote:

>Chemo wrote:
>> On Oct 18, 12:54 pm, "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.
>>>
>>> -S-
>>
>> What made you grate the whole block?
>
>She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
>there, grated, when she cooks. My wife does most of the cooking, I do
>most of the shopping. I wanted _not_ to buy a pre-grated bag of
>cheese - too expensive, and not the grass-fed cheddar I like, thus my
>attempt to mimick packaged grated cheese. Mind you, she commutes to a
>full-time job and I work from home most of the time - I really
>appreciate that she's willing to do most of the cooking and want to
>accomodate her request as best I'm able while still trying to keep the
>better quality, less expensive food item if I can. It took my all of 5
>minutes to grate that much cheese - might even be a way to do it in the
>food processor for all I know.

Where do you find grating cheddar cheese... I've never seen dried
cheddar in blocks, in fact I've never seen pre-grated cheddar, only
cheddar powder like comes with mac n' cheese. Perhaps you're talking
shredded cheddar... that's easy to find and freezes well, and that's
what normal folks use for cooking.

On Oct 18, 3:33*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:21:36 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >Chemo wrote:
> >> On Oct 18, 12:54 pm, "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.
>
> >>> -S-
>
> >> What made you grate the whole block?
>
> >She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
> >there, grated, when she cooks. *My wife does most of the cooking, I do
> >most of the shopping. *I wanted _not_ to buy a pre-grated bag of
> >cheese - too expensive, and not the grass-fed cheddar I like, thus my
> >attempt to mimick packaged grated cheese. *Mind you, she commutes to a
> >full-time job and I work from home most of the time - I really
> >appreciate that she's willing to do most of the cooking and want to
> >accomodate her request as best I'm able while still trying to keep the
> >better quality, less expensive food item if I can. *It took my all of 5
> >minutes to grate that much cheese - might even be a way to do it in the
> >food processor for all I know.
>
> Where do you find grating cheddar cheese... I've never seen dried
> cheddar in blocks, in fact I've never seen pre-grated cheddar, only
> cheddar powder like comes with mac n' cheese. *Perhaps you're talking
> shredded cheddar... that's easy to find and freezes well, and that's
> what normal folks use for cooking.

Yes I have several bags of pre-grated cheddar n my deep-freeze in the
basement, I didn't know what the hell dried cheddar blocks were,
either.

On Oct 18, 1:21*pm, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
> Chemo wrote:
> > On Oct 18, 12:54 pm, "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.
>
> >> -S-
>
> > What made you grate the whole block?
>
> She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
> there, grated, when she cooks. *My wife does most of the cooking, I do
> most of the shopping. *I wanted _not_ to buy a pre-grated bag of
> cheese - too expensive, and not the grass-fed cheddar I like, thus my
> attempt to mimick packaged grated cheese. *Mind you, she commutes to a
> full-time job and I work from home most of the time - I really
> appreciate that she's willing to do most of the cooking and want to
> accomodate her request as best I'm able while still trying to keep the
> better quality, less expensive food item if I can. *It took my all of 5
> minutes to grate that much cheese - might even be a way to do it in the
> food processor for all I know.
>
> -S-

I've never had luck using the prosessor to grate cheese...always seems
to just gum it all up. you could always just grate however much she
want at the time she wants it.

Steve Freides wrote:

> > What made you grate the whole block?
>
> She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
> there, grated, when she cooks. My wife does most of the cooking, I do
> most of the shopping.

You chose the wrong solution, IMO. You should volunteer to grate the
cheese for her on demand.

Sometimes you can sub sliced cheese for grated. Whatever irrational
objection she has to grating may not impede her from slicing.

George M. Middius wrote:
> Steve Freides wrote:
>
>>> What made you grate the whole block?
>>
>> She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
>> there, grated, when she cooks. My wife does most of the cooking, I
>> do most of the shopping.
>
> You chose the wrong solution, IMO. You should volunteer to grate the
> cheese for her on demand.

See my other reply - our schedules don't allow it. She's generally
making dinner while I'm teaching from 3 to 6 PM. Or look at it another
way - that's exactly what I did, grated cheese at 1 PM so she could cook
with it at 5 PM.

> Sometimes you can sub sliced cheese for grated. Whatever irrational
> objection she has to grating may not impede her from slicing.

Well, last night, she pronounced my pre-grated cheese a success, even
without anything to keep it from clumping. We'll see how it holds up in
the 'fridge - if it's good enough then I won't do anything else other
than keep ahead of the curve on this one.

-S-

"Steve Freides" > wrote in message
...
> George M. Middius wrote:
>> Steve Freides wrote:
>>
>>>> What made you grate the whole block?
>>>
>>> She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
>>> there, grated, when she cooks. My wife does most of the cooking, I
>>> do most of the shopping.
>>
>> You chose the wrong solution, IMO. You should volunteer to grate the
>> cheese for her on demand.
>
> See my other reply - our schedules don't allow it. She's generally making
> dinner while I'm teaching from 3 to 6 PM. Or look at it another way -
> that's exactly what I did, grated cheese at 1 PM so she could cook with it
> at 5 PM.
>
>> Sometimes you can sub sliced cheese for grated. Whatever irrational
>> objection she has to grating may not impede her from slicing.
>
> Well, last night, she pronounced my pre-grated cheese a success, even
> without anything to keep it from clumping. We'll see how it holds up in
> the 'fridge - if it's good enough then I won't do anything else other than
> keep ahead of the curve on this one.

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