AIBU to wash my cheese?

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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...]

Nothing wrong with me thanks. I have totally read the thread. I think you have quoted the wrong post.

That's what I do then I freeze it in a ziplock bag.

Not if you have bothered to read the OPs posts. She can't grate cheese so your comment is monstrously unhelpful.

If it works for you then why not. I rinse kimchi because it’s too spicy/tangy for me otherwise.

Ive seen a lot of Americans wash their shredded cheese as they get weird chemical coatings not just corn flour !! So youre not crazy x

I can’t unthink this now

Never have I washed cheese in my life. But if you don’t like the coating on grated cheese just buy a block and put it through a food processor. I don’t like the coating on grated cheese either it doesn’t melt the same. Just get a block instead it takes a couple of minutes. I usually get my DD to do it. She’s severely disabled but loves doing little jobs like that to help. Could you get someone else to grate it for you?

Was really hoping this was some kind of innuendo...

Is this a hangover from Covid when people washed their food?

I thought I'd missed a new call for lockdown when I read this title!
I buy grated mozzarella, I will confess, to have on my omelettes.

I’ve done this before and yes it works

I've got very bad tendonitis and cannot use a cheese grater all the time so I did buy some ready grated cheese a few
weeks ago and washed it!

I’ve had this one for years and use it a lot. I hate box graters!

You know you can just negate this whole thing by buying a block of cheese and grating it yourself.

😂to washing cheese lol

However we have had a conversation here this morning about how the starch added to grated cheese is hidden carbs and low carb relative would therefor not eat it!

So that’s me now buying block cheese only and some sort of easy grating gadget. Off to search Amazon for such a thing.

I kind of see your point, I don't buy grated cheese because it is coated with stuff and is more expensive anyway. I have a pretty basic food processor, I buy block of cheddar/mozarella, usually both, cut them into big enough bits that will fit in processor chute tightly as works better that way, freeze them until half frozen then pop into processor and put the grated cheese in a container and back in the freezer. That does me for a while and then I repeat it. Using it in the processor while almost frozen makes it grate easier and it remains separate too when you put it back in freezer. There are always some chunks where the last bit of cheese doesn't get grated and flies around the processor blade, I freeze this bits separately for throwing into sauces.

I hate grating cheese by hand!

Pop It through the food processor in batches and keep in a container in the fridge?

Get grating gloves. Much cheaper than a fancy electric grater. You can grate merrily away and no fiddly bits to wash (oo-er missus).

https://www.screwfix.com/p/site-cut-resistant-gloves-grey-black-large/610RV?tc=JT3&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19822796828&gbraid=0AAAAAD8IdPxrWHVF8K137UyatHKx_P1JJ&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgp3ZjpeBlAMVTpxQBh1hAwE2EAQYAyABEgLTjPD_BwE

I mean, it's weird as hell, but it's not affecting anyone, so you do you! 😂

Grate a big block of cheese, spread it in a thin layer on a tray, and open freeze it. When frozen, transfer it to a freezer bag or container, and you can spoon it out as needed. It will defrost quickly, and stay fresh until needed. I adopted this method when I had teens at home, because every meal they made seemed to involve grated cheese, and the kitchen ended up sprinkled with bits 🙄

Electric grater?

Surely less hassle to just grate a block?

Yes, I have EDS too and use this for chopping and grating so much stuff:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-Compact-FP120-Food-Processor/dp/B001C3DRDG/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=3J69GMT0HOJ0K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BI8YJH9lTjBSv4hqhe7a_nT9dMIfr-AeWPHkXB1eyZTCBltGPgOFrcBG028-TuJm3AKj8dYUbXiRyw72I2mlJ-CZKETgQRfVYY9C4PzWKP5gRZ1BiBakLUDanoQ_vjVuYRp3-fuxO5yoG7AqWZ9eqmDbIi0L0wlszGRm-3VjWjFM_DCC4tbsSlLtlze7m5sd2_HdzSe0eNO4DpMn2KOQ91kNv-4GlJ5QopfYWW7MyTs.XqQ0ahTdTUOevR2igK1b3RLHDNL0xfZz5dzIGsjiVJA&dib_tag=se&keywords=moulinex%2Bfood%2Bprocessor&qid=1776851834&sprefix=moulinex%2B%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-3-spons&aref=QABRontO6N&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Take a look at the video in the link though, you do have do a twisting motion to get the lid on (shown in vid) - I find it fine but I know the degrees of EDS can really vary. In the video they show grating a carrot which means you have to use a bit of pressure to push down, but cheese is definitely easier and I put my forearm on the plastic wotsit and use my bodyweight to lean in slightly so it's no effort on my hands!

It’s only ever acceptable to wash the queens cheese. And that’s only if it’s an excuse to get out of attending your mothers posh tennis club event

My mother in law did during the joy of Covid and I thought she was insane then.

I thought you meant you could get gloves with the cheese grater bits on them. Thinking about it what an amazing invention that would be!

I thought it was a euphemism.