On Sep 19, 1:23 pm, Mike > wrote:
> The thread about the new Ziploc Steam Bags reminded me of a new item
> that we've been enjoying at our house. It's Kraft Grate-It-Fresh
> parmesan cheese. It's got a grater built on to the package and you
> just turn it to get freshly grated parm. When all the parm is gone,
> you just throw the whole thing away (or recycle it hopefully). I like
> fresh parm and I don't miss the hassle of cleaning the hand-held
> grater. This item costs about $4 IIRC for 7 oz..

So that a little over $8 per pound for your parmesan cheese. You'd
probably be better served by buying a microplane-type grater and
real parmesan. I recently saw a test of parmesan on America's Test
Kitchen;
the domestic DiGiorno parm stood up well against the imported
Parmagiano-Reggiano and was about $8 per pound.

The microplane grater is easy to clean; in fact I just put mine in the
silverware
basket in the dishwasher. I think mine is actually a Cuispro rather
than the
real deal, but it works well enough.

Cindy Hamilton