Thread: Unusual Kitchen Item

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ250537511696
>
> It looks like a combination of bread box,
> bread board, and grater, for someone who
> really likes grated cheese (or something)
> on their bread. Any better guesses?

After more study, I think that's wrong.
The box appears to be for receiving the
grated material. My current theory is that
it's a portable grater, to simplify keeping
the gratings together and free of contaminants,
for example if making grated cheese for
pizza or enchiladas while away from a kitchen.

The decoration looks somewhat Mexican to me.
It might not be home-made, but perhaps made
by a local craftsman in Mexico.

Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ250537511696
>>
>> It looks like a combination of bread box,
>> bread board, and grater, for someone who
>> really likes grated cheese (or something)
>> on their bread. Any better guesses?
>
> After more study, I think that's wrong.
> The box appears to be for receiving the
> grated material. My current theory is that
> it's a portable grater, to simplify keeping
> the gratings together and free of contaminants,
> for example if making grated cheese for
> pizza or enchiladas while away from a kitchen.


You would be correct.

The idea has been around for a long time. Tupperware sells a plastic
version, albiet not quite so large.

http://tinyurl.com/ybq52no



>
> The decoration looks somewhat Mexican to me.
> It might not be home-made, but perhaps made
> by a local craftsman in Mexico.
>


It does look nice, although, being made of Pine I'd just be worried about
what the interior of the holding drawer would be like.

And besides, that grater would be a real PITA. I have seperate attachments
for my grater/slicer and base. Having the slicer right next to the grater
would cause a few problems.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:33:16 GMT, PeterL wrote:

> The idea has been around for a long time. Tupperware sells a plastic
> version, albiet not quite so large.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ybq52no

A plastic grater? How useless.

> And besides, that grater would be a real PITA. I have seperate attachments
> for my grater/slicer and base. Having the slicer right next to the grater
> would cause a few problems.

The slicer is inverted from the grating mechanism so that you'd have
to turn it over to use the slicer. I would think that in your vast
experiences and world travels you would have seen something like
this at some time or another.

-sw

Spwertz <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:33:16 GMT, PeterL wrote:
>
>> The idea has been around for a long time. Tupperware sells a plastic
>> version, albiet not quite so large.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ybq52no
>
> A plastic grater? How useless.
>
>> And besides, that grater would be a real PITA. I have seperate
>> attachments for my grater/slicer and base. Having the slicer right next
>> to the grater would cause a few problems.
>
> The slicer is inverted from the grating mechanism so that you'd have
> to turn it over to use the slicer.


Oh *really*???

http://tinyurl.com/ykz5xfy

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/...=225006&image=
324601655&images=324599933,324600007,324601504,324 601655&formats=0,0,0,0
&format=0


Now go crawl back under the rock you came out of, you POS troll.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:15:00 GMT, PeterL wrote:

> Spwertz <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:33:16 GMT, PeterL wrote:
>>
>>> The idea has been around for a long time. Tupperware sells a plastic
>>> version, albiet not quite so large.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/ybq52no
>>
>> A plastic grater? How useless.
>>
>>> And besides, that grater would be a real PITA. I have seperate
>>> attachments for my grater/slicer and base. Having the slicer right next
>>> to the grater would cause a few problems.
>>
>> The slicer is inverted from the grating mechanism so that you'd have
>> to turn it over to use the slicer.
>
> Oh *really*???
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ykz5xfy

Yes, *really*. Just as I said. I have one exactly like this.

As we can all see, the grater in that picture is oriented for using
the wavy slicer and nothing else.

Now piss off, you pompous, inbred pile of ****.

-sw

"Mark Thorson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ250537511696
>>
>> It looks like a combination of bread box,
>> bread board, and grater, for someone who
>> really likes grated cheese (or something)
>> on their bread. Any better guesses?
>
> After more study, I think that's wrong.
> The box appears to be for receiving the
> grated material. My current theory is that
> it's a portable grater, to simplify keeping
> the gratings together and free of contaminants,
> for example if making grated cheese for
> pizza or enchiladas while away from a kitchen.
>
> The decoration looks somewhat Mexican to me.
> It might not be home-made, but perhaps made
> by a local craftsman in Mexico.

It looks to be a 1950's-60's American-made decorative box covering a
readily available retail (ecko) grater. "Toleware " does not describe the
decoration, and it doesn't look Mexican at all, rather PA Dutch. It looks
like an East Coast high-school woodshop project that was never actually used
to grate anything, and was made for strictly decorative purposes. The drawer
does not appear moveable. There is no apparent wear on the wood, and there
is dust on the shoulders under the handle, indicating that it was hung on a
wall somewhere for a time.
A housewife of the era would have found this object of very little use, as
grating food over a bowl would have been more efficient than grating food
into a drawer.

Why would one grate cheese for pizza or enchiladas away from a kitchen?
These dishes were unheard of when this object was created, anyway.

news wrote:
>
> It looks to be a 1950's-60's American-made decorative box covering a
> readily available retail (ecko) grater. "Toleware " does not describe the

Agreed it's not toleware.

> decoration, and it doesn't look Mexican at all, rather PA Dutch. It looks
> like an East Coast high-school woodshop project that was never actually used
> to grate anything, and was made for strictly decorative purposes. The drawer
> does not appear moveable. There is no apparent wear on the wood, and there
> is dust on the shoulders under the handle, indicating that it was hung on a
> wall somewhere for a time.

That's a reasonable theory. High school shop teachers
of that period would have had incentive to demonstrate
perfomance by encouraging students to make projects of
high visibility to parents. There may be a shark plaque
I made in 1970 or 1971 still existing.

> A housewife of the era would have found this object of very little use, as
> grating food over a bowl would have been more efficient than grating food
> into a drawer.
>
> Why would one grate cheese for pizza or enchiladas away from a kitchen?
> These dishes were unheard of when this object was created, anyway.

Yes, that was before avocados, prosciutto, and
bottled water. Virtually another world, unknown
to Generation X, Y, Z, or W-Theta. Alas.

"Mark Thorson" ha scritto nel messaggio

> The grater looks like a standard Ekco grater,
> which leads me to believe this is a homemade
> device.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ250537511696
Any better guesses?

I don't have to guess, becauise almost everybody in Italy has one minus the
painting. So9me are wood, some plastic. It's how the grated cheese gets on
the table! Some is grated into the box before the primo, and then if more
is needed, it's ready to go. If any is leftover it keeps fine in the box.