"Steve Freides" > wrote in message
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> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:54:05 -0400, Steve Freides wrote:
>>
>>> Anything one can add to home-grated sharp cheddar to keep it
>>> "fluffy?" My wife likes store-bought grated cheese, I prefer my
>>> grass-fed cheddar so I grated an entire block, wasn't much, today,
>>> and put it in a gallon zip-top bag in the refrigerator. Mine is
>>> already not so "fluffy".
>>>
>>> Cornstrach, flour, some sort of OK-but-sounds-terrible chemical they
>>> use in food processing?
>>>
>>> Guesses are fine, but if someone actually has a real-world answer,
>>> that's what I'm looking for.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Also, here's a decent article worth reading:
>>
>> <http://powderedcellulose.com/wp-content/themes/agency-sweetener-supply-pc/images/anti-caking-cheese-industry.pdf>
>>
>> -sw
>
> An interesting article, I agree. I wonder if this would work?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Alaven-Unifibe.../dp/B001UNTV6K
>
> Looks like the right thing - not sure why it says it's for laxatives - a
> small amount in my grated cheese seems worth a try.
>
> As to why pre-shred, it's all about schedule - my wife doesn't want to
> have to grate/shred the cheese, and because I give music lessons for most
> of my living, the hours between when school ends and dinner time are my
> main teaching time and I'm thus unavailable to do this for her - and she
> never knows how much she'll want, so the solution has to be to give her
> what she's asking for, a bag of grated cheese she can know is in the
> 'fridge.

A small shredder might better. At least you won't have the storage
problems.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15063/I-Ca...-Measuring-Jug

You can even buy electric ones.

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