God Save the Grated Cheese!

Tip Tip #3
Cheese:

I love grated cheese. Haven't you ever noticed that when you grate cheese it takes on a completely different flavour? It's pretty amazing. Like I've said before, I'm no scientist so don't ask me why that is.

When large (massive) bricks of cheese are on sale I grab quite a few! If a brick is 8$ and I find it for 3-6$, and I buy 4- I have saved a lot of money. I'm also not a mathematician, so don't ask me how much. It's a lot, and it's incredible how much cheese I can actually eat, so I really need to buy that much!

I love buying a variety of cheeses, my favourite 'home' blend consists of the flavours my husband and I enjoy, as well as what my parents like too. The blend is: Old Cheddar (white and aged), Mozzarella (limited flavour, desired stringiness and melting potential), and some good ol' Orange Cheese (also cheddar, never aged or particularly fantastic but its cheese so I love it!). I am a cheese expert, so I can tell you why I enjoy this variety of cheese and what I do with it.

(Of all the thing's I'm good at, I am very, very good with cheese.)

I keep the nice cheeses in the fridge, they get demolished pretty fast. I've never frozen soft cheeses like goat, labneh, or brie- and I never would. But bricks of cheese, like Black Diamond and the likes, are expendable and I use that kind of cheese in recipes and grilled sandwiches.

I take the bricks and I grate them, luckily at my mother's house there is this amazing Cuisinart with a cheese grating attachment and it does the job in a matter of minutes. If I'm stuck in my abode, I'm forced to use a hand grater, and that takes considerably more time. But it's cheese, and it's worth it.

By the time I'm done I've got a massive amount of grated cheese. People who are gluten free, don't eat flour, blah blah- skip this step or use an alternative though I'm not yet quite sure of one. If you have one let me know! I take a couple of tablespoons of white flour and I toss it in with the cheese. There is a good reason for this, like for everything I do!

When the cheese is frozen it tends to freeze in a clump. The flour makes it so that this doesn't happen- don't ask me why... yeah you get it.

I put the cheese in whatever is available, I don't bother portioning it because cheesiness depends on the day and how healthy I'm feeling! This cheese can last up to 3-5 months. It doesn't need to be put in the freezer immediately, however I would freeze it after a week tops.

You can use this for:
Everything.

Now, I have a rant.

BAGS OF GRATED CHEESE! WHAT THE HECK? A BRICK OF MASSIVE CHEESE OF THE VERY SAME BRAND IS 5-8$, WHY, FOR A MEDIOCRE SIZE BAG OF GRATED CHEESE MUST I PAY 8-11$. I'M NOT STUPID, IT'S LESS CHEESE! NOT ONLY IS IT LESS CHEESE, BUT WHO GRATES THIS CRAP? IT'S NOT CONSISTANT OR APPETIZING. I'M APPALLED BY THIS THIEVERY. WOE IS THE WOMAN WHO WAS WASTING HER MONEY ON A LARCENY! A CHEESY GOOD FOR NOTHING JIP! RAAA! Eat up.