You're grating cheese wrong – correct method will leave you mindblown

Us Brits love cheese. Whether eaten with crackers, stuffed in a sandwich or sprinkled on pasta – there’s just so much to love about the tasty food.

But, even though we may munch on a lot of it, we may have been preparing it wrong for years.

A video has gone viral claiming many people don’t know how to use a cheese grater properly, and the demonstration will shock you. When you see how the simple task should be completed, you’ll never believe you didn’t know how to do it.

Naveen Jaspal, known as @whatnaveats on TikTok, said she recently discovered how to use a cheese grater properly herself, and it left her a little stunned. In a candid clip she showed just how it should be done.

In the video, she said: “This is a life hack you guys need to see. I hate grating cheese, and everyone is trying to find alternatives to these, however, I’ve been doing it wrong all of my life. Check this out.”

She said people need to avoid the “annoying” way of grating, which is essentially holding the grater by the handle at the top, and then running the cheese up and down the longest side.

Instead, you should turn the grater on its side to complete the task as it’s “much easier”. Not to mention, all the cheese will gather in the tunnel, which means it’s easy to pick up and move once grated.

She dubs it a great little hack, and people can’t believe they never knew the trick before. The video has been viewed hundreds of times since it’s been shared, and dozens of people commented.

While some people knew about the trick, many didn’t. Views on the method seemed pretty torn though.

One person said: “Eh, been doing that forever!” Another replied: “We knew flower. Even better – do it in the food processor, and stick it in the fridge.”

A third was grateful for the advice though, writing: “I’ve been doing it wrong too.” Meanwhile, one more chimed in with: “Genius. I hate grating cheese.”

There were some who didn’t want to partake in any of it though, and claimed it’s better to just buy grated cheese. It may take the fun out of it all, but many think it’s easier.

Someone wrote: “Neither is easy. Just buy shredded cheese – that’s my life hack.” Another commented: “Buy it grated already. Job’s a gooden’!”