A cheese grater’s fourth side has this surprising function

By now, there is a myriad of kitchen gadgets that can fulfil very specific kitchen needs. Indeed, with most new kitchen gadgets, normal people might have difficulty to figure out what they are exactly used for. Then there are certain classic kitchen equipments which are almost universally used and are very familiar to most of you, but turns out that we might not even know how they should be used.

As reported by Mirror, turns out not everyone actually knows what the purpose of all the different sided of a box cheese grater are.

The uses of a cheese grater

A Reddit user started a conversation about the subject in the Reddit page Casual UK.

The poster shared a photo of the fourth side of a cheese grater and asked,

Does anybody ever use this part of the grater? What is it even for??

There were people who commented with humorous quips in response saying it didn't have much use except for hurting their knuckles, while there were others who responded with equally befuddled comments.

It was clear from the discussion that much like the original poster, many people in the thread did not have a clear idea as to what its actual purpose was.

The actual purpose of the fourth side of the cheese grater

Fortunately, there were people who poured in with some concrete answers, offering that it was for nutmeg and lemon zest.

According to Washington Post, the largest side of the cheese grater is for different cheese or even produce such as grated apples or potatoes for cakes or fritters.

The smaller shredding hole is to finely shred cheese like parmesan to be used as toppings etc. This can also be used to shred toasted bread into breadcrumbs.

The slicing hole is to be used to slice vegetables and fruits or even cheese into thin curls.

Finally, just as some Redditors suggested, the fourth side of the cheese grater is used to grate seasonings like citrus zest, garlic, nutmeg and hardened brown sugar into a fine and easily-dissolvable consistency.

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Sources used:

Mirror: ‘People are only just realising what the fourth side of a cheese grater is used for’

Washington Post: ‘Obvious, and not so obvious, ways to use all four sides of your box grater’

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