THE MICROPLANETHE MOST USEFUL GADGET OF ALL TIME!
(see Waitrose Food Monthly, November 2008)
Waitrose Food Monthly recently asked an all star panel of food experts including Jamie Oliver, Raymond Blanc and Prue Leith to vote for the gadgets, gizmos and utensils they can't live without. And top of the list - well, top after the humble wooden spoon, came the Microplane! Ahead, no less, of such culinary icons as the Kitchenaid Mixer, the Magimix and the mortar and pestle.
"It changed my life" said Thane Prince, head of Aldeburgh Cookery School.
And indeed, look closely these days at chefs on TV when they're grating ingredients - whether it's parmesan, ginger, lemon peel or even garlic - and inevitably you'll find that they are using a Microplane. One chef has even described the Microplane as 'the best invention since the wheel'!
Other quotes...
"I broke one after years - I had to replace it INSTANTLY," says food writer Sophie Grigson.
"It's amazingly sharp," says Jane Suthering, president of the Guild of Food Writers, who has six of them.
"It's hard to believe that after all these years, some nerdy, geeky man got fed up with the stupid graters we women have had to use all these years, went out to his shed and came up with this. Thank you, nerdy, geeky man." Food writer Jill Dupleix.
New improved design with non slip silicon base and handle. Long Lasting, sharp cutting action blade that does not clog.
Supplied with plastic blade guard for safer storage.
Easy to use, easy to clean, just rinse - Stainless steel blade - Dishwasher safe.
Available in Fine, Coarse, Extra Coarse, Medium Ribbon, Small Shaver and Large Shaver.
Ideal for: rosti potatoes (extra coarse), parmesan cheese, carrot, cabbage, zesting lemons/oranges, chocolate, garlic, onion, ginger, nuts, nutmeg, coconut.
The shavers are perfect for chocolate, parmesan and coconut.
