to think that people who buy ready-grated and ready-sliced cheese from the supermarket are nuts?

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I mean why would you bother. (Normal exceptions apply - people with disabilities etc who can't grate cheese).

How hard is it to grate cheese? Plus that ready grated stuff must be as dry as a bone.

Plus ready sliced cheese. Why would you now just slice your own cheese? What use are those slices anyway, they are thicker than a pound coin, you would choke on sandwiches made of that.

So expensive as well.

Giddykipper is right - for the same variety of cheese it is cheaper.

Although I don't think they do it in extra-super-strong Cheddar and I'm not that bothered anyway.

Ready sliced cheddar is more expensive though.

My mum used to make cheese on toast with the cheese slices, but sometimes she left the plastic wrapping on. Cause it's very hard to tell!

It is not the same as buying instant mash.

I buy it cos I hate cheese with a passion - it makes me gag but the kids love it so ready grated means I can bung it quickly on a sarnie/top of a lasagne etc whilst holding my breath and not vomiting

giddykipper - is it really cheaper? I has just assumed it would be more expensive.

Oh this is a crap aibu isn't it with all the sweeping statements (stabs self with pencil)

my nan used to have it - not being able to grate it - and not using very much it was v. handy for her

You know what I miss from Oz? Kraft cheese in a jar, in the microwave and you have gooey cheesy goodness.

LadyGlencoraPalliser Too bloody hard when someone else will do it for me. I buy lettuce in bags too, cause you open the bag and the salad is ready. Excellent.

I buy premade hommous, I use a coffee machine, I have a deep and abiding love for my microwave. Will also happily buy prechopped vegetables if I can't be arsed with actually cooking.

No apologies or excuses, I do it cause I like it.

I used to buy ready-grated cheese for making pizza or cheese sauce but not since we moved to Switzerland. They don't sell much of it here for some reason.

I did notice preprepared carrots in Carrefour recently. They were three times the price of normal carrots so I would never buy them.

I buy ready grated. It is not really more expensive - compare it by weight next time you shop - it is cheaper than my usual brands. Also I dont waste any like I do if I grate it myself (and end up eating half and with left over bits). Also I am lazy and hate washing the grater.

I only use it for cooking as it does taste yuck straight from the pack but we get through loads of it - if you dont use it much it does go off more quickly.

Oh and if, like someone I know, you only have one functioning arm it can be difficult to grate cheese.

I just checked Tesco. Cheapest grated cheddar £5.58 per kg and that was the value stuff. Most expensive £8.28 per kg.
Cheapest proper cheddar (not value cheese) £5 per kg.
I rest my case.

pre-sliced proper cheese is no different really to pre-sliced cold meats is it?

On th continent if you go to a deli to buy cheese and meat they will always slice it up for you if you ask. I love that for picnics.

I got a big bag of it for 10p once in reduced fridge

and its good for making sandwiches up in car

Agree with lulu.
I sometimes buy it when I have loads of other stuff to do - e.g. grating cheese for loads of cooking.
Riven - do you not find washing the grater a pain?? I have one that will go in the dishwasher but my dishwasher wouldn't be on 4 times a day! Or do you just grate a load in the morning?

and i like th taste of the slices - perfect thickness IMO, mine are always too thick or too thin

It is cheaper because it's made of all the dog ends left over after they have cut out the blocks of cheese.

i had it delivered in my home delivery, i had ordered it by mistake.
i was mortifield.
i made him take it back

I hate grating cheese. My mum ran a catering business and I used to have to grate 5kg cheese for my pocket money.
Twice a week.

Trust me, do that for 5 years and you would pay the extra.

Having said that I have bought a new grater this week so have no ready grated in teh fridge. I am always searching for a Holy grail of graters. It has to be quick, easy, not flick cheese across the kitchen and not get my fingers. And since my old rotary one broke last year I haven't found a decent one yet.

OMBD - I didn't mean instant mash but actual mashed potato from the chilled cabinet.

Also buy lettuce in bags and also the ready-washed spinach, after that time when I found an earwig in the unwashed stuff.

Also use ready mash (not smash, but the ready made mash in the fridge) out of sheer laziness. Don't use ready chopped up carrots, though, they are dried out looking.

It's not actually grated cheese you know. It's just skin collected from Ped Eggs.

I don't know if you are being unreasonable or not. I don't and wouldn't. I can't help it. It's one of the sucks-teeth-and-shakes-head things that remains from my childhood. My mother would have been so shocked at the very idea! I just can't do it. I used to feel the same about quiche and garlic bread but I will confess to having bought those ready-made in the last few years. Oh the shame....

Hmm, getorf, just spotted your post that you were forced paid to do the same as me. So YABVU!

giddykipper "It is cheaper because it's made of all the dog ends left over after they have cut out the blocks of cheese."

You say that like it is a bad thing.

And the only time DS#1 has ever displayed the slightest food ponciness was when he ate nothing at lunch on his Yr 7 camp because they supplied white burger buns with processed ham and slimy cheese slices! He was outraged

You know what is really weird though?

I make my own bread and cannot understand why someone would buy it. So I will happily pay extra for grated cheese, but find the cost of a loaf of bread ridiculous.

We all have our silly little things.