"DavidW" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "DavidW" > wrote in message
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That *is* what grated means. Perhaps you wanted shredded?
>>>
>>> Well, another reason I posted here rather than "look it up on the
>>> Web" was to see if people thought that extra fine is generally
>>> considered the way it should be. A little coarser is my preference,
>>> and from memory the restaurants I've been to didn't grate theirs
>>> ultra-fine.
>>
>> It depends on what you are making and how you want it. If I am
>> making a pasta salad, I would want big curls in there. And sometimes
>> I want big curls on my pasta. For soup? I would probably want
>> grated.
>
> For pasta and Bolognese-style sauce.
>
> I didn't consider that it might vary with the dish.

It does. Your recipe should tell you how you need it. For that I would use
a coarse shred.