"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 21:18:23 +1000, DavidW wrote:
>
>> DavidW wrote:
>>> I bought some parmesan cheese at a delicatessen and got them to grate
>>> it just to save me the trouble, but their machine grates it too
>>> finely IMO. I don't think grated parmesan should be the consistency
>>> of talcum powder (okay, slight exaggeration, but it's very fine). I
>>> could get a coarser result myself with a hand grater, but I was
>>> wondering if anyone knows of an electrical kitchen device, or an
>>> attachment for a food processor, that would do a similar job.
>>
>> Okay, so I got myself a plane grater, something roughly like this:
>> http://p.globalsources.com/IMAGES/PD...ese-grater.jpg
>>
>> I grated some Zanetti Reggiano with it. It works okay. It produces short,
>> tiny
>> filaments rather than grains. Not ideal, but better than talcum powder
>> from the
>> deli. It takes 4-5 minutes' grating per serve (about 20g), which is too
>> long
>> really.
>
> I just timed how long it took me to Microplane a 1" cube of Parmesan
> cheese. That's about 1 ounce from what I read on the nutrition
> labels. That's 27 grams. Anybody want to take a guess how long it
> took?
>
>
>
> Drum Roll............
>
>
>
> 12 seconds.
>
> And that wasn't even rushing it too hard. This was using the classic
> slim, unidirection 8" blade grater. With a 2 second deduction since
> that last 2-3 grams of a 1" block gets hard to hold without shredding
> your fingers.
>
> 12 seconds for me, 4-5 *minutes* for David. I did it in 1/25th the
> time he claims. Hmmm.
>

Yeah. That sounded weird. Only things I can figure is that he bought a
dull grater and/or is pressing the cheese far too hard or maybe was holding
the grater backwards.