Is there any way to prevent cheese from crumbling?

PMeg819 · December 2009

When you freeze it.

In a Under 1000 fit, I bought a ton of blocks of cheese when they were on sale. I pulled one block out to use and defrosted it. When I tried to grate it last night, crumble city. DH is whiny and hates when this happens. Is it just inevitable?

**Stinky!** · December 2009

Let it come to room temperature and you should be okay.

hmonkey · December 2009

this might be your "why are my meatballs flat?" post, and negates your previous "i am not stupid" post.

did you defrost from freezer to fridge, or did you just pull it out of the freezer and stick it on the counter? did you use a rasp-type grater or just a regular scraping type cheese grater? and if your husband has a problem with the way you cut the cheese (HEE), why can't he do it himself?

PMeg819 · December 2009

I did freezer to fridge. I also had the cheese on the counter for a bit so it was more room temp before I grated it. I used my box grater, but on a smaller hole thingy. I only really have this problem with cheddar. I'm thinking it is just the brand of cheese I buy and how it's made.

hmonkey · December 2009

get a new grater. rasps have little blades that cut little pieces off, rather than just scraping across the surface and shredding that way.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_kitchen?ie=UTF8&search-alias=garden&field-brandtextbin=Microplane

PMeg819 · December 2009

Okay. I'll go with that. I actually think I have one, I'll dig around the drawers and find it.

baconsmom · December 2009

I have this issue with cheddar, too, but not with mozzarella (which I buy, freeze, defrost, and grate.). I think it's just the nature of cheddars. I just try to shred the crumbles if they're not too small - and if they are, we just have crumbled cheddar.

zsazsa-stl · December 2009

Velveeta never crumbles. YWIA!

Is there any way to prevent cheese from crumbling?

Re: Is there any way to prevent cheese from crumbling?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards