On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 14:10:41 +1000, "DavidW" > wrote:

> 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.
>
I think what they gave you was fine for your purposes.

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