Grater

Grater
Grater

A grater (also known as a shredder in parts of the eastern United States[citation needed]) is a kitchen utensil used to grate foods into fine pieces. It was invented by François Boullier in the 1540s.

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Uses

Several types of graters feature different sizes of grating slots, and can therefore aid in the preparation of a variety of foods. They are commonly used to grate cheese and lemon or orange peel (to create zest), and can also be used to grate other soft foods. They are commonly used in the preparation of toasted cheese, Welsh rarebit, and macaroni and cheese.

In Slavic cuisine, graters are commonly used to grate potatoes, for preparation of, e.g., draniki, bramborak or potato babka.

In tropical nations, graters are also used to grate coconut meat. In Jamaica, a coconut grater is used as a traditional musical instrument[1] (along with drums, fife, and other instruments) in the performance of kumina, jonkanoo, and sometimes mento.

History

The cheese grater was invented by Issac Hunt in the 1540s so hard cheeses could still be used.[citation needed]

Variants

There are also complex food-processing machines with grater-like mechanisms. These mechanisms rotate by the turn of a cluster or electric motor.

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In popular culture

  • In recent times, the term 'cheese grating' has evolved, as slang, to mean 'screen cheating' in video games. Therefore a 'cheese grater' can also reference a person who actively 'screen cheats'. For example: Mark grates tonnes of cheese in Halo: Reach.
  • Comedian Mitch Hedberg performed a joke in which he stated that the negative name of cheese grater would be "a sponge ruiner."[2]

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