On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:24:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
>> 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.

Yeah, figgures you'd think that... only person on the planet who would
use a grater in the opposite direction is Juli Bove. LOL