Who grates cheese anymore?

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I accidentally got into a conversation with a woman I don’t know at work today and whilst regaling us with the fact that she never chops anything and buys all veg pre chopped, she seemed aghast that anyone bothers to grate cheese and why would you when you can buy it pre grated.

Maybe because it’s covered in potato starch, expensive and not great quality?

Am I the only cheese grater left?

If this whole thread is about people comparing their good block cheese to the worst grated

Of course that is what is happening. It's how the internet works.

Here in the U.K. ready-grated cheese is very often the cheapest (relatively tasteless and rubbery) very mild cheddar, which is why many of us prefer to buy better quality blocks and grate it ourselves.

What an odd thing to say. I buy cathedral city grated.

Supermarket everyday cheddar isn’t good quality cheese no. But that stands whether it’s grated or not.

Mind you it’s still a millions times better than the pap they sell as cheese in the US

Pre grated cheese is not nice at all and it doesn't melt. We always grate cheese here. And I chop my own fruit and veg, it's more expensive to buy it pre chopped.

I realise it's a cheese thread but as an aside, I was once picking Blackberries in a London park, when a very nice lady stopped and asked if I was aware I could buy them in Sainsburys already picked, I honestly had no answer.

I've never bought grated cheese and I don't think I want to, going by some of the descriptions of it here!

I do find grating tedious (and occasionally hazardous; I tend to grate my knuckles or 'file' some of my fingernails by accident). It's nothing compared to the tedium of zesting lemons and limes though. Do they sell pre-packaged lemon zest...?

My fridge currently contains grated cheese, for topping pies or cheese toasties etc, cheese slices for sandwiches and block cheese for everything else.

Don't see the point of grating it just for melting.

Pre grated cheese is not nice at all and it doesn't melt

You've tried them all? I can assure you it melts perfectly well.

Enjoyed this thread think I will set up another cheese thread in food. I feel inspired

Ready grated cheese is rank

Except its not, if you buy nice ready grated cheese.

Right now I am on the Hannaford To Go website ordering nice grated cheese.

I can hear the wincing from here :-)

I think you are buying your grated cheese in the wrong places - I got some gorgeous grated cheese from our local Deli this morning.

So many posters are critical of grated cheese but to have such strong opinions you must have been buying a variety of it to have reached that decision.

They bought shitty value cheese once and then tell everyone that all grated cheese it terrible!
Uh, no.

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