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The Four-sided Cheese Grater


View Poll Results: Which grater options do you employ?
Large holes 65 84.42%
Small holes 20 25.97%
Small holes with sticky-out spikes 12 15.58%
Three curvy slices 10 12.99%
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Old 14-12-2016, 06:37
ba_baracus
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I don't have one. I've got one of these types which is much easier to use
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31wGmguy3bL.jpg

I use the drum with the big holes on it.
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Old 14-12-2016, 07:48
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ah, fractal cheese.
I love that simple German dish, Fractal Käse und Mandel Brot.
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Old 14-12-2016, 08:41
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I hasten to add that I have the hand-held convex mini-grater for parmagianno. That's a different requirement altogether.
I use the small smooth slots on my four sided grater for parmagianno and similar. I have a convex hard cheese grater but it is too fiddly.
I also use the other side with the tiny spiky holes for grating nutmeg and cinnamon etc.
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Old 14-12-2016, 08:45
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i scrape hard cheeses with a knife edge or a spoon on an edge.


some might say i prepare food like an animal, i prefer the term "rustic".
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Old 14-12-2016, 08:47
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we just buy the cheese pre grated. saves time & money ( economical here) If we need veg grated or chopped we use the food processor
If something has been through an extra process and is still sold cheaper I would ask why.

BTW Tesco Mature strength 3 is £8 /KG grated and £5.56/KG ungrated. (online)
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Old 14-12-2016, 09:01
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I use the top three. Big and small for cheese (depending on what size I need) and the holes with sticky-outy bits for grating lemon/lime peel.
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Old 14-12-2016, 09:05
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I don't have a four-sided one anymore.
I have one with a handle
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Old 14-12-2016, 09:11
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Normally only use the big holes for grating carrots and cheese. But save the finer grating options for when I want a treat, I like very finely grated cheese but it's more effort.

Memo to self - get out more.
Or get a Micro-Plane grater..... it's a piece of cake with one of these
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Old 14-12-2016, 09:25
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Never had one, my parents used to have one that looked like D if you look above it, had a few different size holes on it and a slicer on the back, I have no idea where it went.

I have got a flat one and use fine size, but then I only normally grate cheese.
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Old 17-12-2016, 11:21
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I love that simple German dish, Fractal Käse und Mandel Brot.
I thought it was funny.
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Old 17-12-2016, 11:44
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I don't have a four-sided one anymore.
I have one with a handle
I have a 4-sided one WITH a handle. Blows the mind, doesn't it
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Old 17-12-2016, 11:54
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I have a 4-sided one WITH a handle. Blows the mind, doesn't it
I do too. AND wait for it........ I use all four sides - although not all at the same time!
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Old 17-12-2016, 12:02
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Never used it, but I always thought the spiky side was for bread crumbs.
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Old 17-12-2016, 12:44
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I thought it was funny.
it made me smile.
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Old 17-12-2016, 12:49
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I do too. AND wait for it........ I use all four sides - although not all at the same time!
Haha! We haven't evolved THAT much yet
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Old 17-12-2016, 15:55
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I thought it was funny.
I don't understand it, or the post before it.
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Old 18-12-2016, 09:29
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I don't understand it, or the post before it.
"Brot" is German for bread. Cheese & bread.....
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Old 18-12-2016, 11:06
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Ah, Doris Lessing's least-known novel...
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Old 18-12-2016, 11:08
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I've never used the slicer, have used the other three though.
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Old 18-12-2016, 11:09
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Never used it, but I always thought the spiky side was for bread crumbs.
I've used it for coconut and ginger before.
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Old 18-12-2016, 19:21
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What would you recommend for removing the blood stains?
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Old 18-12-2016, 19:44
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And there was me thinking a cheese grater was just a cheese grater...

I just use grated cheese.
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Old 18-12-2016, 19:46
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I buy pre grated cheese.

If not though I use the grater attachment in the blender
If something has been through an extra process and is still sold cheaper I would ask why.

BTW Tesco Mature strength 3 is £8 /KG grated and £5.56/KG ungrated. (online)
What would you recommend for removing the blood stains?
Pre-grated cheese is often not real cheese but is actually analogue, a processed product that is flavoured to taste like cheese. It may be made from vegetable or animal fat and contain colouring to give it the colour of cheese - think processed burger cheese slices - but is not real cheese. Even real cheese sold as grated will also contain anti-caking agents and additives.
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Old 18-12-2016, 20:52
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Our four sided cheese grater broke a couple of months back and on my next trip into Morrisons I picked up a box grater type of thing as there was no 4 sided graters left. Oh what a big mistake! It wasn't a very functional grater at all, grater horizontally into a box, always hurt my hand, ended up buying a 4 sided grater not long after
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:22
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What would you recommend for removing the blood stains?
Lift the floorboards and turn them over and nail them back in place (same applies for paving / patio slabs). No-one will notice, out of sight, out of mind and that malarky.
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