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AIBU to wash my cheese?

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SENcatsandfish · 21/04/2026 22:57

I buy pre grated cheese, but it always has that starch coating on and when it melts it goes a bit funny, and the texture and what it looks like put me off. So I chuck it in a sieve, rinse it, pat it dry and then use it as I normally would.

Someone looked at me as if id grown 2 heads when I was doing this so is it not a done thing? Am I the only person washing my cheese?

So, unreasonable = what on earth are you doing?
You are being reasonable = melted starchy cheese is gross

  • [Note from MNHQ: Please read OP's subsequent posts before responding, especially the very next post in which she explains that she has a condition that affects her joints, including her wrists, which can easily be dislocated by grating cheese...]
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TeenLifeMum · 21/04/2026 23:05

The coating is to stop it sticking together. Surely it’ll just end up as a mushed lump? Just grate cheese and you won’t have the coating. Washing it is very very odd.

bumptybum · 21/04/2026 23:04

Cheese is a very odd word when you read it enough times

JadeMonkey · 21/04/2026 23:04

In less than the amount of time it’s taken to wash and dry grated cheese you could have just grated some cheese and washed up the grater, and not had slightly soggy cheese….

ToKittyornottoKitty · 21/04/2026 23:03

That is weird. If you don’t like the pre grated cheese as it is then there is no point in buying it, grate your own cheese

Heronwatcher · 21/04/2026 23:03

How in the name of cheddar is this less hassle than just buying a normal block of cheese and grating it?

WitsEnd694 · 21/04/2026 23:03

Odd

BejamBabe · 21/04/2026 23:03

Madness! Freshly grated cheese is easier, nicer and cheaper than drying wet cheese!

Toucan123 · 21/04/2026 23:02

In 51 years I've never heard of anyone washing cheese before.

Comtesse · 21/04/2026 23:02

Yabu. If you hate the starchy coating buy different cheese, who wants wet, stuck together cheese? It would be faster to grate your own surely.

Goldenboysmum · 21/04/2026 23:01

I've never heard of anyone washing cheese 😅

Imaginingdragonsagain · 21/04/2026 23:00

I’ve never heard of this before.

EstrellaPolar · 21/04/2026 22:59

I’m confused. Who washes their cheese!?

Lifesyoungdream · 21/04/2026 22:58

Would it not be easier and cheaper to buy a block of cheese and grate it yourself.

agatamum · 21/04/2026 22:58

Could you not just buy a block of cheese and grate it?

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