Kraft grated parmesan contains less wood

[pscot]

than some other, similar cheese products.

[Galileo126]

1. Ha!

I heard this one on the tube this morning, and LMAO. I always buy a block of the real thing, and grate it myself.

Plus, it just tastes better!

[yallerdawg]

2. A good argument for grating your own parm!

Capitalism at work!

And I thought the high cost was based on too much regulation. Come to find out it is!

[Auggie]

4. +1

[farleftlib]

3. I never buy pre-grated cheese

because of the stale taste. But now I have an even better reason not to buy it. Wood pulp as a cheese substitute? Or should I say cheez? Ewww.

[Paper Roses]

5. I just buy a big wedge and grate my own. Do it all at once, store in big jar.

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I have one of the old Mouli-graters from years ago. Does a fine job. Mine is vintage but I believe they still make them.

Check out eBay. Tons of old metal ones available, prices all over the place. They wash easily and are much better than the new plastic ones. This is posting is from a few minutes ago.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rotary-Mouli-Triple-Food-Grater-Made-in-USA-Includes-3-Drums-With-Box-/281934640946?hash=item41a49d3732:g:MLkAAOSwx-9WuqHq (mine was make in France but I'm sure it is the same thing.

I buy the mid-grade Parm, the real expensive stuff is out of my budget. It is still about $8.00 a pound but lasts a long time. Use the mid-range hole size grater wheel, the small holes holes make it too powdery.

I had one of the white plastic graters with the cylinder that you twist on the end, Nearly broke my arm trying to use that.

This is a better deal, plus it is made in France and has a metal handle. I think the holes are the same size as the one I use.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mouli-Grater-Made-in-France-Collectible-/322008744065?hash=item4af9378081:g:iN8AAOSwKtVWwO-V

[NJCher]

6. they put stuff on grated cheese

to keep the shreds from sticking together. As noted above, cellulose, but also calcium carbonate and potato starch. Yuck.

Not only that, but you can grate your own cheese for half the price of what you pay in the stores.


Cher

[noamnety]

9. Okay, you owe me $20.

I was in Kroger today and got it in my head to price check to prove you wrong.

I happened to visit on the ONE DAY a wayward employee had marked down the fancy cheeses that they aren't supposed to be marking down. $20 later, I have herbed brie, cambozola, smoked gouda with bacon, 3 other blocks of some other fancy shit, none of which I needed.

[elleng]

7. Haven't bought those kraft grated 'cheeses' for years!

[Phentex]

8. I keep both in my house and use in different ways...

I don't mind the taste, texture or smell of Kraft grated cheese. I can't say that for other grated cheese. I always have a small block of parm as well and prefer to use it when I'm cooking. That's all my husband will use. But I think it's too salty sometimes so it depends on the dish I'm making and if I'm baking with it or just sprinkling it on.

[japple]

10. Well, just get a big ole hunk of cedar or oak and grate your

own. Or shave it over freshly cooked pasta, eggs, your favorite pizza.

[rusty quoin]

11. Cedar is too strong. Oak is too hard for shaving.

Visit a local lumber yard, and they are willing to give you free sawdust.

[farleftlib]

13. Now that you mention it

I used to call pre-grated cheese sawdust, or sometimes baby powder. I must've been a bit psychic. Anything that comes in a plastic container, has little to no taste and requires no refrigeration hardly qualifies as cheese IMHO.

[Major Nikon]

12. Manufacturers also use marble dust on chewing gum to keep it from sticking to the packaging

Cellulose made from wood pulp is chemically the same and indistinguishable from cellulose derived from broccoli. In both cases your body treats it as indigestible dietary fiber. Cellulose is cellulose regardless of how it's made, and it's used in a variety of products.

If you really want to get into the "icky" factor, remember that so-called "real" cheese is made with rennet, and if people knew where that came from they would probably be less interested in where the dietary fiber came from. Gelatin is also used in a variety of food products and pill capsules and is derived from the bones and hides of cows and pigs. Parts is parts.

[rusty quoin]

14. As long as we all remember urine is sterile, we can make do.