On Sun 28 Aug 2005 03:32:02a, Allan Matthews wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 27 Aug 2005 13:14:16 -0700, "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
>>
>>biig wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if this stainless will react with grated parmesan.
>>> I found a ss shaker (yes at a yard sale and for 25 cents) that looks
>>> like it's meant for parmesan cheese. I know it's better to grate your
>>> own, but I haven't gotten that far yet.....lol... tia....Sharon
>>
>>Didja ever wonder why every pizza parlor/dago restaurant serves grated
>>cheese in glass/porcelain, never metal... it's the salt.
>>
>>Sheldon
>
> Some more of Sheldon's nonsense. The salt in the cheese will not
> reactt with the stainless. The tops of the shakers Sheldon refers to
> are usually stainless steel. This goes quite well with his previous
> post that "cast iron and high carbon steel are exactly the same"

Nothing like set of good "cast iron" knives!

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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