My mother-in-law recently gave me a garlic grater plate, a nifty little kitchen accessory I had never seen before. She said wherever she bought it (hmmm…a fair, maybe?) there was a loooooong line of people waiting to buy it, which she faithfully waited in just for me. I’m so glad she did, I love this thing! (Luckily for all of you, the plate can also be purchased on Amazon…of course. What can’t be?)
Basically, the garlic grater plate is a little ceramic plate with sharp teeth. You just rub your garlic cloves over the surface and voila! Your garlic is grated to bits!
We like to grate garlic, pour olive oil directly over the garlic on the dish, and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dip pieces of good bread in the oil and you’re immediately transported to heaven. Cate calls it “the spicy oil” and loves it.
(This website over here says that you can grate lots of other ingredients on the plate as well…I’ll have to do some experimenting!)
Bottom line, we are loving this plate. You should get one. You’ll thank me.
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Riddle me this… I’ve seen these becoming much more “mainstream” as of late, but I haven’t actually picked one up to touch and feel.
Sooo, what is the difference between a “garlic” and a “ginger” grater? I have a ceramic ginger grater (which I got from the most awesomest [yah, not a real word] Wok shop in all the world – The Wok Shop in San Francisco) and it looks essentially the same. I haven’t used it for grating garlic yet (we always buy the crush garlic cubes from Trader Joe’s).
This question has been plaguing me since I first saw these things being raved about.
Comment by Nevadamtnbear — December 8, 2009 @ 10:29 am
I picked mine up at some home show last year and I love it. It works wonders on ginger too.
Comment by Melanie M. — December 8, 2009 @ 10:49 am
it’s looking to me like the ginger grater and the garlic grater are just about the same thing! it says on the garlic grater thing that you can grate ginger…pretty funny. I’ll have to keep an eye out for a ginger grater so I can compare them side by side, but it’s looking like the same concept to me.
after both of your comments…I’m totally going to use this to grate ginger!
Comment by Jane Maynard — December 8, 2009 @ 11:16 am
These are a regular household item over here. My in laws use it for ginger(eat with tofu, somen noodles) or daikon radish. I’m glad these things have found their way State side. I’ll have to try garlic in it. Thanks for the tip.
Comment by Soybeanlover — December 8, 2009 @ 3:25 pm
i was given one as a baby gift to grate my own baby food at the table. works great!
Comment by Adrianne Campbell — December 8, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
I’ve never seen that before either. Very cool, and great idea to serve with bread.
Comment by Unplanned Cooking — December 8, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
I’ve never even HEARD of a garlic grating plate, but married to the person I am, I need one in my life.
Comment by Petit Elefant — December 8, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
I ordered one of these after see Billy Mayes peddle it on the Discovery Channel and gave one away on my blog a few months back. It works pretty well and is fun to use.
Comment by Natasha P. — December 9, 2009 @ 11:04 am
This is so cool, I didn’t know it even existed!! I think I might have to get one now, thanks for sharing
Comment by BeccaV — December 9, 2009 @ 6:07 pm
Who would want something like this to clean,when they buy it in a jar chopped for a dollar?
Comment by Larz — January 2, 2010 @ 10:00 am
good point…except fresh is just SO good!
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Comment by grater plate — January 5, 2010 @ 4:23 am
haha! i have one of those and i had NO idea what it was! I feel a little dumb… but now I’m definitely going to use it! I think my Mom gave it to me in a stack of dishes that she got from someone… so I didn’t even realize what it was. Thanks!!
Comment by lauren — April 19, 2010 @ 6:38 am