Dear Seaturtle, I have the freezer shelves in the kitchen fridge full to bursting with cheeses.  I have to buy vegan of everything that I can't buy Kosher.  It happens that the brand of cheddar that I bought (Josephs Farms) IS Kosher, & there is Kosher cream cheese, but it's impossible to find mozzarella, Parmigian, Swiss, Havarti, other cheeses that are not very soft Kosher.  So I buy vegan.   The vegan comes ready-shredded.  The Josephs Farms, we slice one lb thinly, & just leave the other uncut & ungrated.  That's for grating at a future date; it is very much easier to grate thawed cheese than new cheese, because it crumbles naturally.

I am very well prepared for the winter, except for Indian spices & dals (seasonings that are made of legumes), & except for fresh produce to replace that already in teh Great Room chest freezer.

Thank you for your good wishes about the surgery!  Yours in Him, L'hitarot (until we "meet" again), Deb