A grater is a kitchen utensil used to grate foods into fine strips or crumbs. Several types of graters boast 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.

They are also known as shredders in parts of the eastern United States.

A box grater with multiple grating surfaces	Box grater with vegetable slicing surface displayed	A microplane	A zest grater
A nutmeg grater	Multiple graters	Porcelain ginger grater	Sharkskin grater

[edit] See also

Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Grater

• Tamis
• Surform

[edit] References

1. ^ Brad Fredericks. "American Rhythm and Blues Influence on Early Jamaican Musical Style". http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/fredericks.html. Retrieved 2007-07-14. 

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