"DavidW" > wrote in message
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> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 11:59:07 +1000, DavidW wrote:
>>
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 10:55:31 +1000, DavidW wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I bought some parmesan cheese at a delicatessen and got them to
>>>>> grate it just to save me the trouble, but their machine grates it
>>>>> too finely IMO. I don't think grated parmesan should be the
>>>>> consistency of talcum powder (okay, slight exaggeration, but it's
>>>>> very fine). I could get a coarser result myself with a hand grater,
>>>>> but I was wondering if anyone knows of an electrical kitchen
>>>>> device, or an attachment for a food processor, that would do a
>>>>> similar job.
>>>>
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>> You're obviously too lazy to grate cheese AND look it up on the Web.
>>>
>>> What's the difference between looking it up on the web and looking
>>> it up here? I can look up graters on the web but how will I know
>>> they won't produce the same result as the delicatessen? Here I can
>>> describe what I'm after and maybe cooks with experience with
>>> different graters can suggest something that fits what I'm looking
>>> for. I am willing to grate by hand if necessary but when I do I get
>>> a few large chunks and it becomes difficult to grate as the piece
>>> gets smaller.
>>
>> And were supposed to guess what food processor or mixer you have
>
> I don't have a processor or a mixer, but I could _get_ one.
>
>> or
>> what you consider the proper size grate for your unknown applications.
>
> If a super-fine powder is too fine then something a little coarse to the
> touch would seem reasonable. I wasn't asking for grains measured to
> nanometre accuracy.
>
>> Sorry, I just don't have any sympathy for people who could have grated
>> 2 lbs of parmesan in the time it took them to come in here and ask
>> questions that require a lot of speculation and bandwidth.
>
> And what about the next time I need grated parmesan, and the time after
> that, and the time after that, etc. for the years to come?
>
> Wow, what a sourpuss.

Must admit squishie is is in an even wore snit than is usual. If he had his
way he'd have nobody to bark at.

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