# How do you grate your Parmesean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585 "2013-02-28T02:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/21 "2013-02-28T14:58:36Z")
The OP reminde me of my mechanically declined buddy, who might be the only other person in the world to find use of a box grater problematic. I have a straight grater, wish I still had the box style. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/22 "2013-02-28T14:58:43Z")
The link in the OP doesn’t work for me. Am I the only one? Not that I need to see it as I know what the OP is talking about. Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/23 "2013-02-28T15:03:04Z")
Wife: “Honey, we need Parmesan for what I’m making for dinner. Pick some up on the way home, will you?” Me: “Grated or shaved?” Wife: “Grated.” Me: “OK.” ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/24 "2013-02-28T15:20:52Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > The link in the OP doesn’t work for me. Am I the only one? > > Not that I need to see it as I know what the OP is talking about. Just curious. Posted the earlier link from my phone, but here is the [suck ass cheese grater](http://www.amazon.com/Zyliss-Cheese-Grater-Coarse-White/dp/B000AEODVS/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1362064732&sr=1-2&keywords=zyliss+rotary+cheese+grater) I hate. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/25 "2013-02-28T15:30:11Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > The OP reminde me of my mechanically declined buddy, who might be the only other person in the world to find use of a box grater problematic. > > I have a straight grater, wish I still had the box style. I’ve got the hang of the box grater for cheese I need to grate on the medium sized holes. I have issues with the tiny holes on the one side which only seem to spray hard cheese nubbins all over the goddamned kitchen and barely any fall inside the box! Maybe you’re right. I may be doing it wrong and I’m going to have to talk to my box grater, “It’s not you, it’s me”. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/26 "2013-02-28T15:47:35Z")
Here’s my [Cheese Weasel](http://www.kitchenkitchen.com/products/images/Cheese.jpg). It works reliably, passes easily around the table, refills easy. I don’t think it’s really meant for big grating jobs but is a nice tool for topping a dish with cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/27 "2013-03-01T15:54:12Z")
I use a drum grater, much like Qadgop’s weasel (which sounds like a real animal, _Mustula mercota_ I think), but mine has a gasket around the plunger that pushes down the ungrated cheese, and a plastic cap that fits over the exit end of the drum, so it’s more or less airtight with the cap on. That allows you to store the ungrated cheese in the grater, which is convenient. Works well enough. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/28 "2013-03-01T16:35:52Z")
For me, it’s the microplane or the medium sized holes of a box grater if I need larger amounts. Personally, I’ve never felt the need for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585/29 "2013-03-01T20:31:23Z")
Eh, I just buy it pre-shredded or grated in plastic tubs in the cheese section of the grocery store. I’m the only one who uses it and I’m not saving money buying wedges or wheels. There are several kinds of parmesan-romano, and the cheese guy will happily sell me a $2 container instead of a $10 container. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-grate-your-parmesean/651585.md?page=1)