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ISO: ISO name for kitfchen tool that one would grate zest, or
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music-city-missy
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Microplane is the right tool - try....
Don't opt for the nutmeg grater with the little 'catcher' on it - unitasker as Alton would say. Go for the handheld one. Can't live without mine. They might have had some at the TJ Maxx Home Goods store in B'wood the other day if I remember correctly. If not, take a LNT or BBB 20% off coupon and head down to Cool Springs - both of them have it and it's cheaper than WS or Viking.
OH - if you like Cooks Illustrated and haven't already subscribed to it - they are offering a free microplane with a subscription.
Don't opt for the nutmeg grater with the little 'catcher' on it - unitasker as Alton would say. Go for the handheld one. Can't live without mine. They might have had some at the TJ Maxx Home Goods store in B'wood the other day if I remember correctly. If not, take a LNT or BBB 20% off coupon and head down to Cool Springs - both of them have it and it's cheaper than WS or Viking.
OH - if you like Cooks Illustrated and haven't already subscribed to it - they are offering a free microplane with a subscription.
I'm glad you guys are talking about this... I was just thinking that I
should buy a bigger one (using a mini-version right now). Didn't I hear once that you can even buy them at the hardware store? I mean, as long as it's stainless steel, I wouldn't see why you couldn't.
Has anyone ever bought theirs at the hardware store?
should buy a bigger one (using a mini-version right now). Didn't I hear once that you can even buy them at the hardware store? I mean, as long as it's stainless steel, I wouldn't see why you couldn't.
Has anyone ever bought theirs at the hardware store?
luisa_calif
Well-known member
Yes, in the housewares part of the hardware store! LOL (BTW many people here say it is ...
their favorite kitchen tool!)
their favorite kitchen tool!)
music-city-missy
Well-known member
I believe Alton Brown did a thing on it and said it's perfectly fine...
to just buy them at the hardware store.
to just buy them at the hardware store.
Microplanes were ( and are) originally used as wood rasps - then someone got smart
and took it in to the kitchen......
"The big moment came in 1994, when Lorraine Lee, a homemaker in Ottawa, Canada, was making an Armenian orange cake. Out of frustration with her old grater, she picked up a new tool her husband, Leonard, had brought home from their hardware store, Lee Valley Tools. She slid the orange across its blades and was amazed. Lacy shards of zest fell from its surface like snowflakes. The Lees marveled at the tool, ate the cake, then promptly changed the product description in their catalogue. The Microplane® grater had earned permanent space in the kitchen."
Read more about it on the website:
http://us.microplane.com/index.asp?PageAction=COMPANY
and took it in to the kitchen......
"The big moment came in 1994, when Lorraine Lee, a homemaker in Ottawa, Canada, was making an Armenian orange cake. Out of frustration with her old grater, she picked up a new tool her husband, Leonard, had brought home from their hardware store, Lee Valley Tools. She slid the orange across its blades and was amazed. Lacy shards of zest fell from its surface like snowflakes. The Lees marveled at the tool, ate the cake, then promptly changed the product description in their catalogue. The Microplane® grater had earned permanent space in the kitchen."
Read more about it on the website:
http://us.microplane.com/index.asp?PageAction=COMPANY