A neighbor told me why all 4 sides of a grater are needed
Do you know what a regular four-sided grater can do? After many years, I discovered new culinary possibilities for myself. I hasten to share the information I learned from my neighbor.
Are 4 sides equally useful and necessary?
A little background. Imagine: a village, a wedding... As usual, they celebrate it in a crowd. And the owners need help with cooking. They called me too. The groom's mother and also our neighbor was in charge of the kitchen.
She instructed me to grate food: potatoes, carrots, cabbage, eggs, apples, lemon zest. It was also necessary to turn nutmeg, parmesan, and cinnamon into powder. Among the tools there is only one grater. True, with 4 sides.
“Where is the knife, and where is the food processor and spice grinder?” – I involuntarily burst out. And then the neighbor explained in detail and showed why the 4 sides of the grater are needed.
What is each side for?
I always had four-sided graters in my kitchen. But only one side was in active use - with holes reminiscent of large raindrops. It was somehow more convenient to use it. I used it to grate everything from vegetables to eggs.
Side No. 1 – with large teardrop-shaped holes
This is exactly the “for all occasions” side. He will grate carrots, potatoes, and help chop eggs. It turns food into shavings in an instant. But there is one “but”. The resulting pieces are quite large, which are not good in all dishes.
This side of the grater is best used:
- for chopping vegetables into salads;
- for eggs;
- for chocolate;
- to obtain onion puree (for example, for cutlets or marinade).
It is also convenient to grate butter on it to quickly soften it.
Side No. 2 – with small teardrop-shaped holes
It differs from the previous side in having a smaller hole diameter. Accordingly, the resulting pieces of food are smaller. Despite the fact that the grinding speed drops significantly, sometimes you cannot do without such a grater.
How to use this side of the grater:
- grate foods for decoration: cheese, chocolate, boiled egg yolks and vegetables;
- grate potatoes for making potato pancakes, zucchini for pancakes;
- prepare vegetable or fruit baby puree.
I use it wherever small shavings are needed. Does your child not like carrots in soup? Grate it on this side of the grater and he won’t see it or feel it.
Side No. 3 – with protruding “eyes”
The most mysterious “prickly” side of the grater. For a long time it served me faithfully for grating garlic. But in fact, it is intended for completely different products.
Namely:
- for grinding dry products into dust: hard cheeses, nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, crackers:
- for removing zest from citrus fruits.
I also grate ginger on it. The result is a homogeneous pulp without hard fibers. By adding it to tea, you don’t have to wait for the drink to infuse.
I've heard many people complain that this side of the grater is very difficult to clean. Let me tell you a little secret: you need to take an old toothbrush, add a little baking soda or dish detergent and rub the holes. The grater is easy to clean.
Side No. 4 – with oblong holes
Of all the four sides, this is the most ignored. And completely in vain. With its help you can prepare a lot of delicious vegetable dishes. For example, ratatouille.
She will help:
- Gently chop the carrots, zucchini and eggplant for the casserole.
- Chop potatoes to make chips.
- Turn onions into beautiful onion rings.
- Shred the cabbage to the ideal thickness.
True, at first I had difficulties shredding cabbage, and at first nothing worked. But a neighbor suggested the correct technique. You must first cut the cabbage into pieces. Take one of the pieces in your hand and rub it on a grater. The result is a thin straw of the same size, which is simply ideal for salads, borscht and stewing.
To avoid accidentally cutting my fingers when grating hard, raw vegetables, I use a special grater holder. It's a very convenient thing, I'll tell you.
A grater is my indispensable assistant in the kitchen. Grinding food with it is faster than with a knife, mill, or even a food processor. In the latter, you need to change the nozzles, and then wash a mountain of parts, while the grater just needs to be rinsed with water. For me personally, the purpose of the four sides of the grater was a revelation and allowed me to cook more dishes with convenience. Try it too!
Wow! Now I can live in peace. I learned the great secret of the grater. Now life will get better.
Again from empty to empty for the sake of advertising a holder for vegetables))
It's good to have a smart neighbor???
There is still a handle there, you can hold on to it.
I wonder if the neighbor said anything about a toothbrush?
I wonder how the woman got herself into that kind of tourism. Or he’s doing the wrong thing.
As a child, on the N3 side I grated carrots; with sugar it turned out to be a very tasty dish.
But, in principle, it always seemed that hand graters were a last resort, since wounds are inevitable when large volumes are involved.
As a child, we lived in Poland (my father was in the military) and in kindergarten we were often given an afternoon snack (a Polish dish that I remembered for the rest of my life: so tasty). Grate carrots and apples and add sugar. I still love it))) They cheated on us finely - it tastes better, but it’s also good on a coarse grater)))
You need to print it out and hang it in the kitchen so that nothing gets mixed up. How could we live without this instruction!
That's for sure!
You won't be able to grate a cinnamon stick on any grater in the world. Before writing something you didn’t do, check the article you licked.
“cinnamon stick” - once or twice. You haven't seen real cinnamon - it easily breaks into dust with your fingers. What you consider “cinnamon” and which, in fact, cannot be properly ground even in a coffee grinder is called cassia. It is 5 times cheaper than real cinnamon, has a rough taste and a pungent odor compared to the original.
It was a rich wedding, since they wanted to feed the entire village with parmesan. The shape of the radish slices looks more like an anti-advertising for a grater.
Side 3 is for cleaning fish.
Yes, I also clean fish, it’s convenient for me
And they don’t grate citrus zest on it. For this there is 2nd side.
I completely agree
And for me the discovery is the 4th side, I’ll try shredding cabbage for salad
I have been shredding cabbage for a long time for any dishes on the “third side”, it is very convenient and fast.
Are you morons...? Seriously. Write down an article about why hangers have loops... You who write and publish something like this, what kind of person are you? You are either idiots or the former. This world is full of s...s..s...
Loops like that... I still can’t understand why she has such a big hook on top!
I support!!! Article from downs for downs!
I support!
This is nonsense! Are people stupid or what? Learn how to fasten buttons
As a child, I lived in a village, every spring my mother would force my sister and me to grate the leftover potatoes for starch. I hate this 3rd side; all our fingers were skinned until they bled. Ew.
Didn't you have a meat grinder?
Village...wedding...you need to grate nutmeg, parmesan, cinnamon...Isn't it funny?
Apparently, a village in Sicily. Don Corleone shook his daughter off)
It's like deja vu. I thought I wrote it. Thank you, namesake!!!
That's what I'm talking about. In what village do they know about Parmesan, cinnamon and nutmeg???
Do you think there are no shops in villages? And people only eat potatoes with lard?
This is definitely an elite village. I thought I was learning something new about the grater
Yes, I also clean fish on the third side, it’s convenient for me.
and that before this you were a complete fool and only sharpened pencils on it?!
And this is an idea! For the fifth side)
Guys, now...I'm going to wet myself with laughter....
Despite the negative comments, I think the article is useful. Honestly, I only used 2 sides of the grater. But really, it’s easier to use a grater than to wash out the combine later. And I don’t want to pick it just for one vegetable. Thank you for the article!!!
Damn, what’s useful here? Any normal housewife knows what and how to grate. But the author decided to open America, to educate her on what side of the grater is suitable for. Insanity. She wants to show that she’s the smartest? But for me she’s so stupid.
Does faith not allow you to buy a new toothbrush to clean the surface? your guests will find out and stop coming to visit you... isn’t it disgusting?
How to wash with an old toothbrush...
Better than a toilet brush.
I always use a toothbrush, buy a cheap one specifically for the kitchen, and change it. I am comfortable. I wash the inside of the meat grinder with a brush, clean the grater, and the dishwasher filter.
Well, why use a brush right away, for example, in my kitchen next to the sink there is a glass with cheeks for dishes, they sell it at Ikea, so they quickly and well wash the grater on the 3rd side. And it will make you happy!!!
We are looking forward to an article about what a knife is needed for and which side to hold it on.
???????
….crying….from laughter…
People, be kinder, why insult a person! What are you doing here yourself? If so smart! I also always use two, so what? And thanks for the article?
Marina, you are a positive person. I support you.
Really! Smart for mischief! If you don't like it, don't read it! And to exaggerate to such a nasty degree is unethical!!!!!
People, it will be kinder, because of the grater, there’s so much swearing, it’s not worth it
That's it.
Damn article.
Fully
Let's wait for the next article from the author - what is a fork for?
You are so witty! I literally laughed!
Guys, thank you all... and the author too... laughter is the biggest positive thing
Lord... I didn’t sleep at night... I kept thinking and thinking - why do I need a grater at all!??? And now I will sleep peacefully!!!
You stood in line and, now, you’re scribbling the same thing. Do you think you’re witty?
Rub on all sides as you like, but the spiky side is just right for chocolate.
it is written - for the zest))) I would like to know how to pick it out from there later
And on our prickly side, raw carrots and lemon are rubbed - a super-tender and vitamin-rich salad, in any feast rich in fatty dishes, this salad helps to cope with heavy food. Strain the lemon with the zest, only you have to pick out the seeds later. But this side of the grater (I call it, like the one pierced by a clove) seriously hurts my hands, and I love carrots and lemon so much that Sharp chose her first food processor only because it came with a similar (but disk, of course) grater - and began to rub the carrots on it.
And on the fine mesh side I grate eggs for jarred salmon salad. The salad is also tender and airy.
I hate the grater, I grated carrots and that’s enough, I didn’t even think about what the other three sides were for.
And I! Wounds take a long time to heal
Clean fish with a grater?
I clean the fish with a steel wool. It's also very convenient.
...I can’t imagine either
People, why are you so angry, a normal article, whoever doesn’t want to use such a grater, don’t, but why insult and humiliate a person.
I fully support you! I wouldn’t be surprised if these commentators don’t cook anything other than Rolton and Doshirak. A normal article, being not the worst housewife, only now found out that you can shred cabbage with the fourth side. Need to try.
Okay people, this article is for those who don’t know. Who knows, they're just smart guys!
Wow…. finally! How did I live before without knowing this!!!???? Do you think everyone here is an idiot? Better write how to use a toothbrush!?
if you don’t like it, then why are you reading here... then move on
I agree with you! If you don’t like something, move on, but many actually only used two sides, considering the rest inconvenient.
Rough, but to the point.
It’s like some people have a graphomaniac vein itching somewhere in order to write such nonsense! What's next, a great discovery, how to shit in a pot correctly?
It’s immediately obvious that you’re still using the potty.
Well, it looks like someone has really become enlightened after all))). For them (and maybe for you) - one little trick: how to do without a toothbrush when cleaning the smallest grater, or rather, how to do without cleaning this side at all. Just put a PE bag on the grater and grate the product directly through it. For garlic and onions, a piece of PE is enough. All grated product will remain on the film, and the grater will remain clean)
I wanted to comment, but I see they managed it without me.
This is a grater for an exhibit in a museum; there have been modern ones for a long time!
Country wedding with cinnamon, parmesan and nutmeg?! They were so surprised...
And what’s surprising here? That people don’t live in the countryside??? I’m always surprised by the “city people”, but what are you eating? Milk, vegetables, meat, are they grown in the city? In the village, in the village!!!
I have a grater with 6 sides
Wow, opening!!
The most ignored part of the grater according to you is the fourth side with the oblong holes, but I disagree with you because the most ignored part of all is the number 3 side with the protruding eyes.
Yeah, I don’t feel like washing it.
Author, if you didn’t know what your neighbor told you, this is not a reason to lecture. Why did you decide that everyone around you is an idiot?
Are you all so angry? what's bad?
Regarding the 3rd side. I don’t know, for grinding dry foods into dust - it seems to me that a coffee grinder will help with this more: it’s faster, and your fingers are safe)) But to remove the black “charcoal” layer from burnt pies - yes, it helps a lot (well, I can’t do it with the new one). you can't make friends with an oven =()
It's surprising that it was a neighbor who suggested it, and not a chef from Switzerland
These graters have one drawback: they do not have an openable bottom.
And we have a six-sided grater. Explain: why two more?
Grate nutmeg?? Are you seriously??? And cinnamon sticks??? Attach a video so we can make sure that you really do it)))
And there are more and more such scribblers and fools
The dullness and degradation of the people, they write about all sorts of crap just to fill their unfinished shit site
Children, where were you when the rubbing materials were released? All five holes were not made for beauty.
It was expected that the aunt would grind her brains out on a grater. Did not work out. My aunt didn't have any brains from birth.
We'll know now)))
Thank you for the article. I learned something new for myself. And those who write that they already know everything come here at all? life didn't work out like this, there are kings here
Totally agree with you. I myself rubbed everything with only one side, but now I found out what the other sides are for.You need to patent the phrase “life didn’t work out like this, kings here”)))) The men say thank you to the author of the article!
It’s immediately obvious that people are bored in quarantine. Instead of doing something useful (for example, becoming a volunteer), they compete to see who can write the “smartest” comment. I’ve always had this opinion - there’s nothing to thank the author of the article for - just pass by. I didn’t expect that so much shit could be written about an innocent article about a grater. It's sad... The people are deteriorating...
P.S. For those who want to write me an answer, don’t waste your time, I’ve already left this page. There are so many interesting things around.
Truly an unsurpassed article.
Now we are waiting for the series “A Neighbor Told Me”:
- why is there a knife in the kitchen?
- why is the corkscrew tortuous;
- why does the glass have a bottom but no lid?
- why are there holes in the salt shaker?
- why is the knife sharpened only on one side;
- why do you need a saucepan, and why do you need a frying pan?
The prickly side of the grater is very good for scraping off burnt cake layers for pies and pies. It’s just superrr - all the burnt parts are rubbed off in a circular motion - I recommend
I agree with the author, I spent so much money on all sorts of shredders. I recently bought a vegetable auger chopper, it’s such rubbish, beyond words. Once again I am convinced that they won’t come up with anything better than a grater.
We are “good” people. So much negativity came out. If you didn't like the article, don't take it seriously. Why go so far as to insult?! But everyone considers himself well-mannered and kind. Or when no one sees you in person, can you be rude from the heart?
I read you all and laughed, thanks for making me laugh
In Belarus, drariks are rubbed only on side 3. Through a meat grinder or on sides 1 and 2 - these are not drariks.
Belarusians in Russia do this too! The potatoes in pancakes are not grated, but torn.
My family has never had anything to do with Belarus, but we always make potato pancakes only on a fine grater, we even had a separate grater, only with these holes. On a long grater, the taste is not the same! And in childhood we called potato pancakes “grated”, they are grated)))
Now my life will not be the same)
Thank you great guru. Write an article about why there is a hole in the butt. They've already enlightened us, they've enlightened us. I just pictured your face after you learned the great secret of the grater. Eat Parmesan with radishes and write no more.
Why do some “smart guys” think that they are surrounded by stupid, mediocre housewives? KOO-KOO!!!
I’m sure those who are being clever here have never used and did not know what three or five more devices are needed for. So no need to la-la-la here. The man shared and you, like creatures, began to criticize her. I would like to see what kind of “housewives” you are. I’m sure you only know how to scratch your tongue.
Who swore there, this is a good article for you morons. Your mother probably still rubs everything you need and doesn’t need, and puts on your socks and buttons your pants. Now many girls don’t even know what a grater is. So let them at least find out
Only, they say that scientists have found feces molecules on toothbrushes???...
Kick-ass morons...
DID SHE FLY FROM THE MOON???
OR DOES HE REALLY THINK THAT WE ARE MORTONS AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MIRACLE IS—THE FOUR-SIDED GRATER? DO NOT FUCK YOURSELF A DEVICE!!
AMERICA OPENED, DAMN... AM I SHOCKED?
WHAT?
Well, why do you have to take an OLD toothbrush to wash anything? Horror, ugh... Someone brushed their teeth with it, and then after that someone has to eat food that was crushed on this grater, washed with a dirty brush,
It’s interesting to look at a person who grates nutmeg, and if he grates it completely without any residue and without leaving pieces of his own fingers in it, then my respect and respect.
I grate it to medium-sized pieces, and then in a mortar until it is fine. I put it in mashed potatoes, my family loves it.
I looked through the comments and was surprised at how much SARCASM there is in people!! Terrible tin!!
For potato pancakes, you rub the finest one, the one you say is for citrus fruits. Only then do the potato pancakes turn out to have a classic taste; on a different surface they have a different taste, for some reason. If, of course, the taste is not important to you, then rub it on anything.
Eat beets on a fine grater on an empty stomach (and with individual contraindications).
And simply and comfortably follow the principles of separate nutrition.
Hooray! Now I found out that oil is oil!
Actually, side No. 3 is a fish scaler, very good, and most importantly quickly, it removes the scales from the fish, all that remains is to go over the fins and gills a little with a knife. Otherwise, don’t tell me, America was not discovered.
Who is this discovery intended for...
Thanks for the tip about the cabbage!!!
Wow! And I thought America was discovered back in the past centuries!!! But no... This is open America!!!! At this age it's time to know!! . But on graters there are sides with smaller cuts than those described by the author. And what to do?! We do not know. But the author did not reveal the secret... I don’t know what to do?! The lady has nothing else to do...
Actually, in the title of the channel/blog it says “for beginner housewives.” Why... the experienced, hardened, exhausted... tortured by life and husbands/wives came here?..ah, yes, it’s already clear, you didn’t have to ask - there’s no one else to practice “eloquence” with, so you can get it from your face... :))
What is a grater?
So, if it weren’t for the smart neighbor, she would have rubbed one side until she died and would have died a virgin.
On side 3, I grate the garlic and apples until pureed. Before grating, I put cling film or a thin plastic bag over the grater and rub directly on it. With this method, you won’t hurt your hands and you don’t need to wash the grater.
I’m 54 years old, and thanks to the author of the article, I found out that side 3 is for cleaning fish, and I’m from Astrakhan, and side 4 is for shredding cabbage. Thank you! And if you are not interested, do not read if you knew this information.
A normal article for novice housewives. Why not. BUT THE COMMENT THAT AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LAST CENTURY simply amazed me! Author, in the next article about advice for novice housewives, try to somehow weave in historical facts from the time of the discovery of America in order to show the centuries-old history of such a great country. Thank you
Yeah, I re-read the comment again. Past centuries after all. God bless! I couldn't see it emotionally.
The comments made my day. To tears)
“What is a grater?” - I’m sobbing)
Liked. Write also how to use oil, water (from the tap), toilet paper. Maybe I’m not catching up.
In my distant childhood, my family had a grater with one side 3 and it was used to obtain starch from potatoes
I just changed the grater because of these two sides that I didn’t need. Although their purpose is obvious to any housewife. Now only large and small double-sided ones from Ikea, with a tray inside. Very comfortably.And I rub thin slices or beautiful straws on a burner grater with a holder so as not to injure your hands. A garlic press can handle the garlic. It is convenient to grind anything in a blender. And it’s just as easy to clean as a grater.
In the next article we are waiting for instructions for using toilet paper
Main holder advertised
On side 4 you can grate more cheese
People, be kinder. You weren’t born into being housewives right away, and not everyone wants to learn to cook as a child. And not everyone is taught. Many young people, unfortunately, cannot cook anything other than eggs and sausages.
The article is excellent for its circle of readers, young housewives! It’s sad for the boorish commentators, the education of “experienced and all-knowing people” is completely zero, I hope at least you cook well.
Well, according to many here, I am apparently a moron. Well, forgive me that I didn’t grow up in the kitchen, but in a conservatory (don’t look at the cannery), and it was only from this article that I learned what the 3 and 4 sides are for. Who should chop the cabbage, who should play the piano... I’m not calling you morons for not knowing the D7 calls.
Girls, don’t quarrel, I personally don’t use a grater, a knife is enough for me... A good knife and sleight of hand... all these gadgets are not for housewives, but for lazy people... Only in women, such an article can cause a Storm of Emotions. I came here just for the sake of the Fountain of comments and I was not mistaken... Babieu is a babieu...
Good girls!!! These are tips for novice housewives. Thanks to the author!!!
Why so many comments because of the grater?
Thanks to the author for the article.
I didn’t know what the 3rd side on the grater was for. I heard that they clean fish on it, but it’s not convenient. And I doubted that fish was cleaned with a grater.But I tried grating lemon zest, and it turned out much better.