"DavidW" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "DavidW" > wrote in message
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>>> Sqwertz wrote:
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>>>> You either use too much cheese
>>>
>>> I gave the weight.
>>
>> You did but I've never weighed my food so I have no clue how much
>> that would be.
>
> To give an idea, I grated most of the rest in one sitting to get it out of
> the way. I grated it into a soup bowl, which I had to empty before I
> finished because it was getting too full. The total was 80g, so let's say
> that's about one soup bowl. But after grating, most of it is air of
> course.
>
> When I add the cheese to the pasta and sauce it is in a thick layer in the
> middle of the bowl, completely concealing the sauce, so 20g has quite a
> lot of volume.
>
>>>
>>>> are have a really bad sense of time.
>>>> or you just like to exaggerate for attention, Bove-Style.
>>>
>>> I timed it.
>>
>> But you are doing something wrong or you got a bad grater.
>
> I'm not so sure. It might be too fine a grater, but I think it's working
> okay. Looking at how fine the strands are that come out of it I don't
> believe you can grate 20g in less than a minute as some are claiming. The
> finer the grate the longer it will take.

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I looked it up. Apparently 30g is a typical serving. That would equate to
1.5 oz.