How Much Parmesan Cheese Do you Keep in the House?

[Sava]

Because on the one hand he's pretending to be some kind of cheese connoisseur, when the fact he buys it pre-grated betrays the fact that he has no class...

snobs

not having to shred my own cheese

[N35t0r]

Cheese dries out when exposed to air. It loses flavour and becomes hard and brittle. The larger the surface area / volume ratio, the faster this will happen. It happened while the cheese was being grated, through it's stint from factory to warehouse to store, and while it's sitting on the shelf (though on a much reduced rate, since it'll be packed in a modified atmosphere most probably), and then as soon as you open it.

Primarily though, the cheese they use to grate isn't exactly the best quality cheese.

[Sava]

I doubt the "best quality cheese" could be determined to be the "best quality cheese" if you did blind taste tests.

It's similar to the issue of expensive wine, I suspect:

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis

[N35t0r]

what.

There very probably is lots of pre-grated cheese that is much better than some non-grated cheese. It's just that, in general, pre-grated cheese is made from the worst parts of the cheese rind (since the best parts can be sold for more money whole).

Sort of like minced meat vs. steak. There's all sorts of qualities for both, and indeed there's probably tons of minced meat that is better than a large percenage of steaks, but in general, steak meat will be better than comparable minced meat.

[Dauphin]

snobs

not having to shred my own cheese

A true snob is one who gets a servant to grate their cheese for them.

[Sava]

A true snob is one who gets a servant to grate their cheese for them.

Inefficient.

plus, i don't want to talk to anyone, least of all some goddamn slave who is freaked out i could rape their face and kill them at any time

[DaShi]

what.

There very probably is lots of pre-grated cheese that is much better than some non-grated cheese. It's just that, in general, pre-grated cheese is made from the worst parts of the cheese rind (since the best parts can be sold for more money whole).

Sort of like minced meat vs. steak. There's all sorts of qualities for both, and indeed there's probably tons of minced meat that is better than a large percenage of steaks, but in general, steak meat will be better than comparable minced meat.

Who cares? The taste of it all gets smothered out by the ketchup anyway.

[N35t0r]

[Thoth]

Who cares? The taste of it all gets smothered out by the ketchup anyway.

*twitch*

[Sava]

i really want some cheeseburgers now

[Dr Strangelove]

Because on the one hand he's pretending to be some kind of cheese connoisseur, when the fact he buys it pre-grated betrays the fact that he has no class...

Obsessed with class are you? Maybe you're a closet Downton Abbey aficionado.

[Dinner]

No, you made stuff up and I called you out about it and, to date, you've done nothing about it to prove your racist statement because you clearly realise you're wrong...

I'm laying down the gauntlet: surely if you are right, it would give you no greater (or in your case, grater) pleasure than to see me with egg on my face - to prove it, as I've asked.

I already did in the other thread. You refused to read the PEW study.

[Dinner]

Because on the one hand he's pretending to be some kind of cheese connoisseur, when the fact he buys it pre-grated betrays the fact that he has no class...

Wow. Just wow. Your reading abilities truly are terrible. First you can't read the PEW Survey and yet you keep pretending it doesn't exist and now you pretend I said the exact opposite of what I did say about cheese. Your dishonesty is sad.

[Sava]

I didn't read the PEW study either

[pchang]

Lactose intolerance and a propensity for high cholesterol make cheese a bad idea.