Cheese Allergy, Cheese Grater Ideas??

[RiaJane]

I just got my kit yesterday and have yet to schedule my first show, but I have noticed most of the savoury recipes have got some sort of cheese in them. As I am allergic to cheese and hate handling the stuff , has anyone got any ideas I could use to show the cheese grater to it's best effect without handling the dreaded dairy product???

 

[Kristen]

You could make the Streusel Berry Tart instead, where you use the Cheese Grater to grate nuts. It's really good! It's from the Spring/Summer 2005 Season's Best. You should be able to find the recipe on Consultant's Corner.

 

[dietrichmel]

You can use it to grate chocolate.

 

[theapronfits]

You can also grate carrots, on salads, or to top off a stir fry.

 

[amya]

I once heard about someone putting Skittles in the grater and grating them over cupcakes. Might be a different idea for a candy topping.

My favorite tip for the Cheese Grater is to put the yolks of your hard boiled eggs in it when making deviled eggs. I do this all the time now and it works great.

 

[chefbilyeu]

Potatoes for hash browns, zucchini for zucchini bread, carrots for carrot cake/salads, grate hard lumps of brown sugar, I also love it for hard boiled eggs, but I use it to make egg salad sandwiches

 

[pamperedbecky]

When you make deviled eggs, you can use it to grate up the yolks because they will have NO lumps!

 

[MichelleT]

Great idea about the yolks! I'm going to have to try that one!

 

[PCLoralee]

cheese graterI always say that they should have called it a Food Grater because it can be used for so much more than cheese. I quickly explain about the cheese aspect then say that it can be used for nuts, vegetables, eggs, (plus other things stated above) then I say it can even be used for left-over Easter Bunny ears. And then I say, "If you are having a PMS moment, you just pop the chocolate in here and grate. You don't even have to get your hands dirty," and I pretend to hold the grater over my mouth. Always get a laugh.

 

[Yvonne]

Grater for Sweet recipeI did a show on Friday for a host that wanted the Caramel Pecan Ring. I love doing dessert recipes, but worry that in a lot of them I am not showing off the chopper, grater or the garlic press. Just on my way out of the door, and I had a brain-wave. I had some Marzipan left over from another recipe, so I put a couple 2 oz in one of the prep bowls and took it with me. I grated that in with the pecan and sugar mix as though it should have been there, and talked about how you can also use the Marzipan Grater for cheese! I must admit that I didn't sell any, but it made me feel better that I had shown it. You never know who sees the demo and puts it on their wish list for next time. I took along some garlic to show the garlic press after the Ring went in the oven, and I didn't sell that either! I did, however, sell 3 muffin pans just by passing it round with a little ball of play dough for the guests to press into the pans with the tart shaper. Go figure.

Yvonne

 

[RiaJane]

Wow, thank you, what a great lot of ideas! I like the one about pretending to grate chocolate into your mouth!!
I'm sure that would raise a few laughs! At least I can glaze over the cheese thing now and not have to use it in a demo.

 

[kitty]

@ the first party I hostedthe PC rep used the cheese grater to grate pecans for the Banana Creme Supreme. It was her first month, so she only used items in the starter kit + a Springform Pan. It is a great recipe for newbies.

Tools used: Baker's Roller, Batter Bowls, Springform Pan, Cheese Grater, Quikut Paring Knife

PLUS it is a refrigerator/freezer pie so there's no baking involved in these last few weeks of summer. The only thermal cooking is melting butter, but that can be done in the microwave.