Re:There Are No Truffles in Truffle Oil (2014)
by soperj on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:42PM
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I agree and don't buy shredded parmesan. Just insane that that is allowed to exist at all.
Re:There Are No Truffles in Truffle Oil (2014)
by dawnerd on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:52PM
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Right? You can grate some just as fast as it takes to open the tub. Price wise it's just about cheaper to buy a wedge anyways. I'll give people a pass for store shredded, but god when I see people using Kraft parmesan "dust"...
To a reasonable approximation, the only shredded Parmesan you can buy that is likely to contain anything like Parmesan is the stuff that's shredded on-site by places that also sell wheels/chunks of Parmesan.
OTOH, there's rarely a good reason to buy shredded parmesan even if its real; for most uses you want shredded parmesan, the size/shape of shreds you get from such a product aren't great, and its better (and, in any case, cheaper in the long run) to just get blocks of parmesan and a grater, and in typical use quantities you aren't saving much time or effort by getting pre-grated.