Okay that's fine then, you can just buy a block of cheese and grate it yourself. There are these things called cheese gradters which exist for that very purpose.

You can even, get this, use them to slice the cheese thinly using the slicing part of them.

I know wild right.

[–] Viking_Hippie 29 points 10 months ago (8 children)

They're an absolute nightmare to wash, though.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

... Are they? I've never had issues cleaning them at all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not as easy as regular dishes, but not that terribly difficult either

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I have one of those dish scrubbing brushes with a handle from dollar tree, and it makes cleaning things like this very easy

Definitely worth buying one of those

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sponge Ruiner is what I call them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

"Now I have little pieces of sponge that would melt easily over tortilla chips!"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Just throw it into dishwasher. I won't dull the blades too much

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, that dishwasher I have in my miniscule apartment.

[–] SirQuackTheDuck 13 points 10 months ago

Woah, I don't have one in my huge mansion. You're so fortunate

[–] Zekas 13 points 10 months ago

Give me the money to buy a dishwasher and I will

[–] Wizard_Pope 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And even if it does. All the cheeses that exist are way softer than steel anyway.

[–] Viking_Hippie 10 points 10 months ago

If not, something's gone seriously wrong somewhere in the process..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Not my titanium cheese alloy

[–] Viking_Hippie 9 points 10 months ago

I have a tiny kitchen, there's not enough space for one 🤷

[–] Spaceballstheusername 9 points 10 months ago

Just buy a new one each time no need to clean then

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You just scrub in the opposite direction....

Now some of the other grating faces on some models that stick straight out are more of a challenge.

[–] Viking_Hippie 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

some of the other grating faces on some models that stick straight out are more of a challenge.

You don't say..

[–] Deuces 2 points 10 months ago

Abandon all hope, sponges who enter here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've never had issues cleaning them. They aren't super easy to clean but I came up with a method that works well for me.

Put it in a pot, add dishsoap, then pour boiling water in it and let it soak for a bit. Seems a bit weird and extreme but it gets majority of the cheese off of it. There's also a technique involving lemon and salt to clean them. Oh and if one has a dishwasher that works very well too, but I know many people don't have them (I practically don't, since the one here doesn't work).

[–] spiffy_spaceman 1 points 10 months ago

Let it soak for 20 mins

[–] spiffy_spaceman 1 points 10 months ago

Let it soak for 20 mins

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Eh, really not bad if you hit it immediately.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Wait a second, these are made for grating cheese? And that's their main purpose?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You put your dick into it didn't you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It'd be easier to list the things I haven't put my dick into uwu

[–] Evia 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why, what've you been using them for?

[–] Valkyronix 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

so have you ever heard of raccoons

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you're supposed to shred your raccoon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, not the whole raccoon

edit: actually, I think Fender is a "ferrox" (ferret + fox), but my point still stands

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Making music videos?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Highly recommend getting a hand grater like the ones they use to shred Parmesan cheese in restaurants. Doesn't work well with soft cheese but it's great for things like old cheddar

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't like the box graters like this one. OXO and Ikea both make nice ones that fit over a container to catch the grate. The OXO has eaten bits of my fingers, though.

[–] ozebb 3 points 10 months ago

There's a trick to using box graters that most people don't know (I certainly didn't until recently)

Lay a towel or some parchment paper in a sheet pan (optional)
Lay the grater on the pan
With your non dominant hand, hold the handle of the grater and the rim of the sheet pan
With your dominant hand, grate, pushing away from you + into the countertop

The mechanics of pushing down/away are much better than holding the thing upright, dangling it over a bowl or whatever. Easy to just push with your palm too (and keep your fingers out of the way).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just chop the cheese into small bits. One less thing to wash, and pretty much just as fast.

[–] DrMango 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

To wash:

1 chopper

VS.

1 grater

🤔

[–] yetiftw 7 points 10 months ago

don't forget the cutting board!

[–] Donkter 6 points 10 months ago

You ever try to hand wash a grater? It's not impossible but I'll take a chopper to wash any day of the week.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I usually chop other stuff as well as the cheese. I started doing this when I didn't have a grater, and discovered it wasn't as slow/awkward as I had assumed. The result isn't the same as grating, but it does the job most of the time.