Finally! A microplane

Would this be the same microplane that Rachael Ray uses on her show?
Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

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Mine broke, but I really liked it ... was nice to be able to grind
pepper all over chicken/whatever, without having to wash your
hands

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Ah - there's the difference. I tend to be a hacker - so when I see a
weak design if I can modify it to either be more useful or more durable
I do so.

I think I wound up with some clear tape holding the ball
together, really, I forget what made it really bite the dust.
I would buy another one, it's not as if they cost a fortune.

Funny, they come full of peppercorns, so I used them up.
Time to refill. Heh, thing was like a chinese puzzle box.
Finally turned out to have a sliding trap door on one side
of the globe.

When I looked at the ones at Bed, Bath & Beyond I noticed that the globe
isn't exactly the sturdiest thing. An aluminum band would probably help
there.

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Who knew you could grate a block of parmesian so fine, or create a
spectacular garlic paste.

They're ideal for shredding garlic and fresh ginger for teriyaki. It's
almost like using a juicer.

--Blair

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And there is where you made your first assumption. It isn't battery
power but human powered. Picture a small globe about 2" across with a V
shaped handle above. Compress the handle and the peppercorns get ground
up.

I had one of those, pepper and salt combo; you twisted to choose
either. But . . . the dang thing started delivering both on either
setting. So "salt and pepper to taste" was hard to control.

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Picked up my first microplane. I'm in heaven.

Who knew you could grate a block of parmesian so fine, or create a
spectacular garlic paste.

I had been on a book binge, buying enough to read and then stack on two
6 foot shelves. Now I'm into the cooking tools phase. Next up is that
nice little invention called a one handed pepper grinder. Slick!

After that - I do need to pick up a good microwave oven. The one I've
got now is barely sevicable.

Take at look at the Panasonic units with inverter technology. Our old
oven died and we got one to replace it not knowing that it actually
works. When you pick it up you will think "this must be crappy because
it doesn't weigh 50lbs" but that is because the inverter power supply
doesn't need heavy components.

First thing you will notice is that defrost actually works without
partially cooking anything. Also the food doesn't get overcooked edges
so now you can actually use it to cook stuff.

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After that - I do need to pick up a good microwave oven. The one I've
got now is barely sevicable.

Consider a Combo unit... convection oven & Microwave oven saves space as no
toaster oven needed.

Now you've done it. I would have been perfectly content with a microwave
oven. Now I'll be looking to spend more money.

No need! Building 19 has microwave/convection combos on sale now!<g>

maxine in ri
they have cookbooks too, but no microplanes