AIBU to wash my cheese?

[SENcatsandfish]

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...]

Yes🤣🤣

Im not sure, violently disfigured be being grated a corner here, a corner over then. I should imagine after that trauma a little wash would be rather welcome.

There are electric cheese graters

My food processor is fantastic at grating cheese.

I buy grated cheese ( a mixture of cheddar and mozzarella) from Ocado because I am lazy. I have just looked at one of the packets I have in and yes it contains a small amount of potato starch. I don’t think this will do me any harm and it seems fine all the times I have used it.
The 2 tasks I hate most in the kitchen are grating cheese and washing lettuce. I buy bagged lettuce too.

i found that out by accident as im allergic to cornflour. No more cheese jackets when out.

It slices too? Well isnt that fancy!

Yes I do this with Parmesan and freeze in little bags but then you have the food processor bits to wash up.

This thread has me laughing out loud 🤣
Humour is so personal though, so no doubt there will be mumsnetters showing up any minute now, saying how the whole conversation grated on them.

I empathise with neuropathy etc it makes the simplest things difficult or impossible.

maybe try different brands?

I find the Tesco's own brand grated is fine when melted, better than cathedral which is my 'go to' block of basic cheddar.

it does have potato starch in it, which I use to my advantage when making cheese sauce. I use double cream , a mix of (tesco grated) cheddar & mozzarella & and a huge amount of Coleman's mustard power & it's perfect.

i don't think there's anything wrong with what you do, but I think if would be easier to find a brand where you don't feel the need to do it & if you're anything like me, not adding to the washing up (with neuropathy it's enough doing any washing up without adding to it!)

Do you think it would work for someone that has low joint strength? My joint supports are like cooked spaghetti for ligaments.

Smell my cheese!

Is a food processor with a grater disc in your budget? As a pp said, cheese freezes well so you could grate a batch that way and freeze little bags of it.

What about great idea 💡Thanks for this OP ❤️
I hate grating cheese too (painful aching wrist) and don’t like the starch on the cheese. I'm going to start washing my cheese too 😀

That looks great actually i saw the one with the cord you pull but i wouldnt be able to do it. but i think cranking might not be easy for me as my condition, its one that get worse wit with age.

A cheap food processor could work though

Don't brie silly 😜

Washing cheese.. that's a new one. Definitely go for the electric grater, I have one and it's SO. Much easier. (And cheaper than buying the cheese grated as well!)

Buy a smaller but better quality block of cheese and grate it yourself.
Grated prepacked cheese could, maybe, the rest of the cutoffs in the factory.

Grate your own cheese

Agree about the electric grater. I would grate a whole block, or more, and then freeze it in packs. Saves washing up every time you fancy a bit of cheese. Cheese freezes really well.

Read the OP's posts & maybe offer some actually useful suggestions or scroll on by, threads are not improved by your snappy replies.

I'm going to try it too, for the same reason!
Thanks Op.

My son has cerebal palsy so only one useful hand. He got so sick of the coating on pre grated cheese that for a while I would grate him an entire block and then we both got sick of that so he bought a multi chopper thing. Similar to the fancier one upthread.

The only thing I would say about it is that while it great for grating (haha) etc, it is an absolute bitch to wash unless you have a dishwasher.

However to answer your OP, based on your physical issues, YANBU.

@SENcatsandfish might be worth asking @MNHQ to add an edit to your OP! Otherwise you are going to end up with a "cancel the cheque" thread of people telling you to grate it yourself!

I hate grating cheese, no real reason why. I chuck lumps of extra mature cheddar into my Ninja twice a week on a pulse setting and keep a box of ready - grated in the fridge.