The humble cheese grater
Why is there always a cheese grater?
I’ve arrived in scummy hostel kitchens to find the provided equipment consists of a single spoon, and a cheese grater. It’s like there’s a law or something.
Wherever there are kitchen, there also shall be cheese grater.
In my own flat here in Inverness we don’t even have any glasses; seriously, not a single one, we drink everything out of mugs; but we have a cheese grater, oh yes.
Personally I think it’s because you can’t improvise a cheese grater. You can get by without a number of complicated kitchen devices using simpler – if less effective – tools, but I defy you to grate cheese in a meaningful way without a cheese grater.
So here’s to you cheese grater, long may you survive, hidden in the cupboard under the sink.
