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Wibu? Grating cheese and other unimportant things

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chubbachub · 08/04/2022 20:57

Today was a particularly hard day with the kids and dinner sort of got away from us so Dh and I settled on having beans on toast with grated cheese on top.

The beans on toast part is fine and both parties are in agreement - toast, butter, beans(cooked in a pot for at least 5 minutes so most of the bean juice has absorbed).

Person A cuts a piece of cheese from the block and grates this cheese into a bowl and then takes from this bowl and places cheese on top of said beans/toast combo.

Person B grates cheese directly from the block over the top of the plated beans on toast. This makes a mess of cheese round the plate. Some of which is picked up and put on the toast and the rest cleaned up properly as part of later on washing up.

Who is being U? Which cheese grating camp are you in? Are there any silly things like this that your and your partner do differently and both thing yours is the right way?

OP posts:

FOJN · 08/04/2022 23:21

Toast bread, add butter, top with beans then microwave to warm the beans - so the toast goes soggy with bean juice, add Mayo, done.

This is so wrong, toast should be crunchy not soggy.

The correct way is crunchy toast, wholemeal for preference but I appreciate that might be controversial, butter, baked beans with most of the sauce reduced, black pepper, mature cheddar and sriracha.

Clumsyvolcano · 08/04/2022 23:25

I grate the cheese into the pan after turning the hob off so the cheese melts into the beans then transfer the beans on to the toast.

Original poster

chubbachub · 08/04/2022 23:32

I'm off to bed now, this thread has bean fun. Take it cheesy everyone!

OP posts:

StrawberrySquash · 09/04/2022 00:17

You grate the cheese onto a board, not into a bowl! That way you can rest the grater against the board. Bowl is just awkward.

RewildingAmbridge · 09/04/2022 00:23

You need the grater from IKEA with the Tupperware bowl attachment that has its own lid for storing leftover grated cheese.

Whatiswrongwithmyknee · 09/04/2022 00:58

You're both being unreasonable. 5 minutes is far too long to cook them for and the beans need to be taken off the heat before they go soggy. B has the better cheeses technique as A is having to just guess how much cheese is the right amount and is making extra washing up (easier to clean up around the plate than wash a whole other plate).

Thatswhyimacat · 09/04/2022 01:03

No butter on toast. I'll admit I'm a grate strate* onto plate person but I really love those little bits that fall down outside and can be swiped up afterwards.

*incorrect spelling, for pedants.

Marynotsocontrary · 09/04/2022 01:15

BUTTER??!!

Bunty55 · 09/04/2022 01:29

Things I do which I know are wrong but I can't help it.. well I can but I still do it

Grate cheese... it goes everywhere no matter how I do it..all over the floor even though i use a plate
Make the Philadelphia go mouldy even though I use a separate knife and put the lid on tightly.. and it is not just Philadelphia.. it's any cream cheese...........
Put the same knife in the marmalade that I used on the spread.. and the jam......... and wonder why it goes manky.

No rules for beans on toast though..life is too short although... I get into big arguments with my family over frozen peas.. they don't need boiling.. they are already cooked.

SquirrelG · 09/04/2022 02:01

I but grated cheese, so much easier. If I were to grate my own I would go with person A's method.

SquirrelG · 09/04/2022 02:08

Oh, I've just realised person A cuts a piece of cheese to grate. No, no, no. Just grate into the bowl straight from the block - or better still, buy it ready grated.

autienotnaughty · 09/04/2022 02:14

YABBU, person A is creating extra pots and person B is creating extra mess. Add a lump of cheese to the cooking beans, melts in. Sorted.

Perfectlystill · 09/04/2022 13:36

Grate straight onto beans.

Gizacluethen · 09/04/2022 14:08

Person A is making unnecessary washing up. Grate straight onto the food. Although I'd rather just cut slices and deal with it bot melting fully. Much rather wash a knife than a grater.

Gizacluethen · 09/04/2022 14:10

@Bunty55 how do you serve peas?! You have to boil them so they're hot?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 09/04/2022 14:19

[quote Gizacluethen]@Bunty55 how do you serve peas?! You have to boil them so they're hot?[/quote]
As long as they're hot, they're hot. They don't need five minutes on a high flame in a pint of water to be cooked, they can be microwaved, put in the jug with Bisto so that they are heated up in the boiling water that's poured in or added to a hot dish after active cooking has finished so that residual heat brings them up to temperature.

The last one is great if you're doing the easiest pasta dish in the world - put kettle water into a pan and bring straight back up to boiling, add pasta, stir and bring back up to boiling, put the lid on and turn off. After nearly ten minutes drinking tea, add the frozen peas to the pan, put the lid back on and fry off some smoked bacon bits in a pan until crispy. Drain the pasta and pea mix, stir in the bacon and half a pack of cream cheese until the pasta is coated.

I'm just disappointed in the OP that there aren't any little sausages with the beans.

DoNotGetADog · 09/04/2022 14:27

Person B is definitely correct. Person A sounds a real drip with their cutting a piece of before hydrating it and then dirtying another bowl. I’m definitely of the JFDI school of cookery!

Greensleeves · 09/04/2022 14:31

If for one person, or for a couple having something simple like beaks on toast, I'd go with person B's approach.

If it's grated cheese for a family/group to share, for sprinkling on soup or spag bol or chilli etc, then I'd do a bowl and put it on the table with a spoon for people to help themselves.

LndnGrl · 09/04/2022 14:58

The correct way to use a grater is to lay it on its side and collect the cheese inside it. Therefore no need for a bowl or for it to go everywhere.

Luredbyapomegranate · 09/04/2022 15:21

You are both being unreasonable not putting on marmite between the butter and toast.

But you get points for cooking down the beans

Luredbyapomegranate · 09/04/2022 15:23

[quote Gizacluethen]@Bunty55 how do you serve peas?! You have to boil them so they're hot?[/quote]
@Gizacluethen

You don’t have to boil them you noodle. They just need gently heating.

Luredbyapomegranate · 09/04/2022 15:24

@SquirrelG

Oh, I've just realised person A cuts a piece of cheese to grate. No, no, no. Just grate into the bowl straight from the block - or better still, buy it ready grated.

Ready grated cheese has evil powdery crap on it through. To stop it sticking, apparently,

Luredbyapomegranate · 09/04/2022 15:26

@Bunty55

Buy Philly in the little portion packs. Life changing.

ThinWomansBrain · 09/04/2022 15:29

I've got a brilliant tefal mini chopper thing - you pull a string, not electric.
Bought it for onions, but also use it for carrots (for soup, need fairly small), and it's great for cheese; ends up chopped/crumbly rather than long grated strands, but super fast and easy to clean.

ThinWomansBrain · 09/04/2022 15:33

& my microwave veg steamer is the best gadget in the world - about £5 years ago from morrisons, I never overcook veg using it, works well with fresh or frozen.

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