How to Grate Your Own Cheese

This week's Thursday's Tip is How to Grate your own Cheese.

We all know that pre-packaged cheese contains additives

like potato starch or even cellulose to keep the pieces from clumping,

and other additives to keep the whole thing from getting moldy.

But why put all that in your delicious recipes when you can easily grate your

own cheese at home.

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Here are a few tips to use when grating

your own blocks of cheese:

Start with cold cheese to make the grating easier.

Cut the blocks of cheese in half for easier handling

Grate the cheese over waxed paper so you can easily pick up the sides of

the paper to pour into a measuring cup or storage container.

Store the grated cheese in plastic containers in the refrigerator or freezer.

Here are a few of my favorite cheese graters:6-Sided Box Grater

This set is nice also as each grater will allow you to grate

the cheese into different consistencies...especially if you want to grate your

own Parmesan cheese.