Commercially Grated Cheese -- Illegal

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Yes, commercially grated cheese has an anti-caking substance on it. Some

brands use potato starch, one I encountered used corn starch, and another

used powdered cellulose. While powdered in a supplement may be OK, the

amount you'd get from grated cheese would be FAR over what wou and not a

good thing at all. In fact, I proved it on myself by several weeks of

experimenting that commercially grated cheese wasn't going to work, back in

my earliest days on SCD. We won't discuss how sick I managed to make myself

on a couple of occasions because I didn't want to give up the convenience.

I bought a Maverick #5 meat grinder from Pierce Chef Mart (Maverick has

since replaced this with the #7, I think), and bought the optional salad

slicer / cheese grater, as well.

I use my Maverick (which came with a sausage extruder) for so many things I

just about couldn't live without it. It's great for grinding your own nut

flours. I use it to make meat snacking sticks. And I will shred five pounds

of cheddar at a whack, package it in half or full pound bags, and freeze it,

and then I don't have to cleans the grater every time I want cheese, and I

have the convenience of reaching into the freezer and grabbing already

shredded cheese. It's also top-mark with Parmesan and Romano cheeses.

(I sure look forward to the day when I have a freezer again. Thanks,

Katrina, for destroying mine.)

-- Marilyn Alm

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA