Who grates cheese anymore?

[gunsandbanjos]

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?

Eeeewwww, pre grated cheese is rubbery and disgusting. Pre prepared veg is almost as bad!

I confess to being a buyer of frozen chopped onion (hate chopping onions). I do grate cheese though.

I’m sure I’ve read this before.
Pre-grated cheese is grim.

I have a magimix - it grates AND chops.

Has anyone actually tasted it? It's horrible! I grate my own every single time.

Grate and chop here too ! I find it quite restful tbh , a bit of mindless activity .

I buy grated cheese. I also buy solid. So use solid for jacket potatoes, I only buy grated for cauliflower cheese as I cannot grate the amount I need for that! Its not expensive though - I buy it on offer and its often as cheap as block cheese. I now feel ashamed though!

I buy grated cheese (can’t taste the difference), prepared vegetables and salads and jacket potatoes in a box. Am always short of time so anything which gives me some time back and an easier life.

The only prepared veg I have is frozen, and I do grate cheese. Im sure the pre-done stuff is more expensive!

I buy grated mozzarella but cheddar gets grated in our house. Like MrsH we have a rotary grater as pink, bloody cheese is not good look.

I buy pre-grated Mozzarella for lasagne. It’s a pain to do from balls and it’s ok melted.

Never anything else though.

Very occasionally I buy grated mozzarella for pizzas but that's about it. I do use cheat garlic though...hangs head in shame

Pre-grated cheese is vile.

When I’m feeling decadent I buy pre-chopped onion though. I hate chopping onions.

I buy both. I like both. So shoot me!

Pre-grated cheese looks vile!
I do buy chopped frozen onion as it makes me cry.

I buy it because I'm lazy. I also buy pre-sliced for DS's pack lunches.
I also use frozen garlic as its a lot quicker and doesn't make my fingers smell.

We grate.
The pre-grated stuff seems dried out to me and I like choosing a nicer cheddar than the basic mild or mature on offer pre-grated.

Pre-grated is the only way I can have cheese so I love it, pre-prep veg is very expensive so rarely get it but for people with issues with hands or standing or anything it's a god-send. As I only manage to get fresh cooked food every few weeks when I visit my parents I need something for all the crap I eat.

My BF thinks I'm a wrong-un for grating it at all because why would you own a grater when you can just slice it thinly with a knife

I grate it when I want it. Dd grates it and gets it everywhere.

I do buy frozen diced onions though to avoid the tears.

I grate cheese and I chop all my veg.

DH often grates cheese, the pre packed is awful!

Good actual Lord! Of course we grate our own cheese.

I like the cut of your jib @juddyrockingcloggs!

We GRATE our jib as well!

Yes, I grate cheese. But not with a cheese grater. I wonder what the English term is?