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1 Kitchen graters  





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A Microplane grater

Microplane is a registered trademark[citation needed] of Grace Manufacturing Inc., a company that makes photo etched steel tools (surform tools) for grating, grinding and sanding. It was created by brothers Richard & Jeff Grace in the mid-1990s. The Grace brothers set out to make a wood-carving rasper[1] and ended up with a new invention, which in 1991 would come to be called Microplane.[2]

Kitchen graters[edit]

A Microplane grater/zester in use

Microplane graters are used for the grating of various food items, such as nutmeg and cheese, and also as zesters for citrus fruit.

Wood rasps[edit]

Microplane originally made wood rasps and shaving disks, and they still do.

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edge, John T. (2011-01-11). "How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  • ^ Price, Will (2022-02-13). "One of the World's Most Popular Kitchen Tools Was a Complete Fluke". Gear Patrol. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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