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[[File:Micro Plane.jpg|thumb|A Microplane grater]] |
[[File:Micro Plane.jpg|thumb|A Microplane grater]] |
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'''Microplane''' is a [[registered trademark]]{{Citation needed|reason=Source? Maybe mention the year it was trademarked|date=March 2022}} |
'''Microplane''' is a [[registered trademark]]{{Citation needed|reason=Source? Maybe mention the year it was trademarked|date=March 2022}} of Grace Manufacturing Inc., a company that makes [[Photochemical machining|photo etched]] steel tools ([[surform]] tools) for grating, grinding and sanding. It was created by brothers Richard & Jeff Grace in the mid-1990s. The Grace brothers set out to make a wood-carving rasper<ref>{{Cite news |last=Edge |first=John T. |date=2011-01-11 |title=How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/dining/12united.html |access-date=2022-05-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and ended up with a new invention, which in 1991 would come to be called Microplane.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Will |date=2022-02-13 |title=One of the World’s Most Popular Kitchen Tools Was a Complete Fluke |url=http://gearpatrol.com/home/a519958/how-microplane-was-invented/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Gear Patrol |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Kitchen graters== |
==Kitchen graters== |
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Microplane is a registered trademark[citation needed] of Grace Manufacturing Inc., a company that makes photo etched steel tools (surform tools) for grating, grinding and sanding. It was created by brothers Richard & Jeff Grace in the mid-1990s. The Grace brothers set out to make a wood-carving rasper[1] and ended up with a new invention, which in 1991 would come to be called Microplane.[2]
Kitchen graters
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Microplane graters are used for the grating of various food items, such as nutmeg and cheese, and also as zesters for citrus fruit.
Wood rasps
[edit]Microplane originally made wood rasps and shaving disks, and they still do.
Further reading
[edit]- Edge, John T. (January 11, 2011). "How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage". The New York Times.
- Barber, Casey (October 6, 2016). "Do you really need a Microplane for your kitchen? Yes, and here's why". www.today.com. NBC News.
References
[edit]- ^ Edge, John T. (2011-01-11). "How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Price, Will (2022-02-13). "One of the World's Most Popular Kitchen Tools Was a Complete Fluke". Gear Patrol. Retrieved 2022-05-04.