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...]

Weird

That’s insane!

Have you looked at mobility kitchen utensils, would you manage the roller type grater. Pre grated cheese is really expensive. Would your supermarket cheese counter grate it for you.

Sorry OP, you have 2 heads 😅Doesn't it make cheese on toast soggy?!

This is the easiest AIBU ever.

Washing cheese is monstrous.

If you don't like the starchiness of pregrated, buy a block and grate it yourself.

Pre grated cheese can be on a par with block cheese price wise, depending on what you buy, or special offers, I take a keen interest in the price per kilo and sometimes they're more or less equal

Not if you're comparing fancy blocks of course. i have some fancy red leciester and a fancy cheddar and fancy gouda in the fridge which I will have to chop and grate myself with great difficulty, you cant buy those ready grated in any case

Yes EDs. I spent my childhood putting dislocated joints back in because thats just what my body did. Its took until a few years ago when I was diagnosed then it all made sense. My wrists are so floppy with no strength, I struggle to put fuel in my car too.

Ill be looking at gadgets today, thanks so much for everyone help, and for those who haven't RTFT, dont worry I should have put it in my OP

This is up there with Alan Partridge'smell my cheese'
Joking aside op it's not funny when disability affects doing everyday tasks.

This is absolutely hilarious as Ive never known anyone to wash cheese, but I can see grating is hard, is there another method you can use, I find the food slicers easier. Or is there such thing as an automatic grater?

Further back poor op has a disability that prevents her from using a grater.

Yea, I just saw that. Still no excuse for washing cheese, I'm afraid.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LN-COZY-CORNER-Automatic-Interchangeable/dp/B0GCZR8CQJ/ref=asc_df_B0GCZR8CQJ?mcid=8bf42b928b3d36b0aa145d283ca40521&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=782031361198&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4809016958707035632&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045776&hvtargid=pla-2476331096599&psc=1&hvocijid=4809016958707035632-B0GCZR8CQJ-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1

Could something like this help? The starchy coating on ore grated cheese is gross i agree xx

A mouli grater is very handy if your hands are poor.

I take it you have no problems with your joints that make grating cheese yourself a problem? My mother does as I said in an earlier post.

The question is why anyone would wash cheese, not why they would buy pre-grated.

What is WRONG with you. RTFT

If it works and doesn't affect what you're making then what's the problem? No need to go to all the extra effort and expense of finding something else that works.

When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be a typo for "shoes"!

I see others have suggested a rotary grater and I find that easy to use but sometimes cutting a chunk off the big block is tricky. As I write this I've just thought that the nice man at the supermarket cheese counter would probably cut my block of cheese into smaller pieces if I asked.

Indeed!

It's also a very odd thread title. I only looked at the thread to see if perhaps "cheese" was a euphemism for something.

At least you're not spraying it with Cif!

Does this mean that you can turn cheese into cake simply by grating it and popping it in the fridge?

That would be truly fabulous...

I have heard of washing feta cheese - either in water or milk - especially if the brine is very salty, but never pre-grated cheese - surely that just becomes a soggy mess?

OK, I understand the need for pre grated; but do you have a food processor or stand mixer with grater attachments? In which case use it to grate a block and then freeze it. Or ask a friend round and get them to do it.

I had no idea grated cheese was covered in stuff - I'll be buying blocks from now on & grating myself

This one’s a bit cheaper @SENcatsandfish and there are other designs, even cordless/USB for about £35

amzn.eu/d/06HtqakH

Im intrigued. Does it make it melt better?