Box grater newbie

by Elsha

Despite my insistence on grating my own cheese, before last night I had never used a box grater. Crazy right? Anyway, we needed a new grater so we decided to venture out and get one of these:

{photo credit: amazon.com}

And mine has green pieces instead of black, so obviously it's better. I liked this one because it has the measurement side, which is actually sort of a funny reason to pick one up since I almost never measure how much cheese I grate. And then I got to break it in, because I was making soup that called for 4 cups of grated cheddar. It was weird for me. I ended up having to turn it on its side because that's how I'm used to using a grater. Anyway, I'm interested to see whether I get used to it or if I just want to go back to a regular grater that I have to hold over a dish.

Any common kitchen gadget you've never used?

Comments

[Elissa]

Wow, grating 4 cups of cheese by hand is a major undertaking! Do you have a food processor? I don't break mine out for small grating jobs, but if I need over a cup of cheese automated is the way to go :) There's also no risk of grating ones fingertips, which I always seem to do on my box grater . . .

[Carrisa]

I love my kitchen aid cheese grater. I use it all the time. It came with a lidded container that I can use to store the cheese in. I love grating my own cheese. I much prefer box graters. So much easier to use.