OMG TOO MUCH CHEESE

[Orsorum]

I was at the grocery store the other day stocking up on tp, soap, paper towels, and I decided to buy some cheese. Well, as fate would have it, there are two styles of cheese blocks - the "baby loaf" and the 5 oz version. Being the enterprising and thrifty young man, I regarded the baby loaf to be a better buy and so purchased it, thinking, hey, it's not that much cheese, I can grate it into some tupperware and freeze it.

Tonight I actually went through with it. DANG, my hands and wrists are sore. It's one thing to look at it, it's another thing to actually grate that much cheese! Took me darn near forty minutes, too.

Moral of the story? If you're a single man who lives alone, don't buy the baby loaf, just swallow your thrift impulse and buy the smaller amt. of cheese.

Cheers!
Nate

 

[KLin]

thanks for the PSA.

 

[Zim Hosein]

DANG, my hands and wrists are sore. It's one thing to look at it

Are we still talking about cheese? 😛

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

DANG, my hands and wrists are sore. It's one thing to look at it

Are we still talking about cheese? 😛

I dunno. What do YOU want to talk about?

 

[Pepsei]

Your thread reminds me of Weird Al's song constipation. 😀

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

DANG, my hands and wrists are sore. It's one thing to look at it

Are we still talking about cheese? 😛

:Q

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

DANG, my hands and wrists are sore. It's one thing to look at it

Are we still talking about cheese? 😛

Maybe it was swiss cheese.

 

[Looney]

Why would you grate it to freeze it? Why not just freeze the entire chunk (minus what you take out for your weekly use) as a whole?

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Why would you grate it to freeze it? Why not just freeze the entire chunk (minus what you take out for your weekly use) as a whole?

To be honest, I'm not sure. I guess I assumed that it would be easier to grate it out and then just take what I need after it's grated. I'm not entirely sure yet what's grateable frozen and what's not, I haven't been living on my own that long.

 

[Looney]

I haven't frozen cheese before, so i'm not too sure how well that would work, but i would have cut them out into 3-4oz chunks, and freeze them. So whenever i needed cheese, i could just take out one chunk and let it defrost.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
I haven't frozen cheese before, so i'm not too sure how well that would work, but i would have cut them out into 3-4oz chunks, and freeze them. So whenever i needed cheese, i could just take out one chunk and let it defrost.

I considered doing that as well; in the end it seemed easier to just grate it all at once, that way I don't have to worry about using too much or too little (i.e. chunk size) when I do use it.

 

[Perknose]

Often cheese, when frozen, changes consistancy when thawed and is difficult if not impossible to grate.

But Nate, I'm also guessing you're going to find that your thawed frozen grated is all smushed together.

 

[CPA]

You can never have enough cheese.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Perknose
Often cheese, when frozen, changes consistancy when thawed and is difficult if not impossible to grate.

But Nate, I'm also guessing you're going to find that your thawed frozen grated is all smushed together.

Actually, I know that for one of the containers it will be smushed, but the three bigger ones I made sure to not squish it too much when I put it in.

 

[ElFenix]

i thought this thread was going to be about the content of your posts

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Perknose
Often cheese, when frozen, changes consistancy when thawed and is difficult if not impossible to grate.

But Nate, I'm also guessing you're going to find that your thawed frozen grated is all smushed together.

Actually, I know that for one of the containers it will be smushed, but the three bigger ones I made sure to not squish it too much when I put it in.

I still think you're going to find the cheese "grates" in the other two containers clinging stubbornly to each other, fused if you wil, like star crossed lovers or Bush 'n Cheney testifying before the 9/11 commission.

 

[Skiguy411]

What do you call cheese that isnt yours?










Nacho Cheese

 

[sonambulo]

orsorum,

if you're going to buy a big block of cheese like that, your best bet is to keep it in the fridge in a translucent tupperware container. the corners will get hard after a while, but you can just cut them off. the problem with having all that grated cheese is that it will probably get real moldy real quick. how many ounces is this "baby block" of yours?

 

[Whitecloak]

somebody moved my cheese.

 

[0roo0roo]

i just cut off a block and freeze

 

[ohtwell]

I like cheese! I only buy the little blocks of cheese though. 😀


: ) Amanda

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I like cheese! I only buy the little blocks of cheese though. 😀


: ) Amanda

Cheese is good! Especially on chips. But not on tuna. Ugh.

Do you buy them at the grocery store or at Costco?

 

[DrPizza]

I have one of those foodsavers that shrink wraps the cheese. I slice open the bag, use what I need, then reseal the bag (in a smaller condition). I've had cheese last 4 or 5 months without a speck of mold.

But, as for grating... we shred 2 or 3 hundred pounds of cheese a day at the pizza shop. If I need any bulk shredding done, I'd just take the cheese there. A 10 pound block would be finished in less than a minute.

 

[TitanDiddly]

How big is the 'baby loaf'? Pics?

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I like cheese! I only buy the little blocks of cheese though. 😀


: ) Amanda

Cheese is good! Especially on chips. But not on tuna. Ugh.

Do you buy them at the grocery store or at Costco?

I buy them at the grocery store! 😀


: ) Amanda