  {| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;" | style="background:#f8eaba; text-align:center;"| ; grater |- | image:cheese grater.jpg|a box grater with multiple grating surfaces image:kuechenreibe fcm.jpg|box grater with vegetable slicing surface displayed |- |} a grater (also known as a shredder) is a kitchen utensil used to grate foods into fine pieces. it was invented by franÃ§ois boullier in the 1540s. ==uses== ===food preparation=== several types of graters feature different sizes of grating slots, and can therefore aid in the preparation of a variety of foods. they are commonly used to grate cheese and lemon or orange peel (to create zest), and can also be used to grate other soft foods. they are commonly used in the preparation of toasted cheese, welsh rarebit, and dishes which contain cheese sauce such as macaroni and cheese, cauliflower cheese. in slavic cuisine, graters are commonly used to grate potatoes, for preparation of, e.g., draniki, bramborak or potato babka. in tropical countries graters are also used to grate coconut meat. in indian subcontinent, grater is used for preparation of a popular dessert, gajar ka halwa. graters produce shreds that are thinner at the ends than the middle. this allows the grated material to melt or cook in a different manner than the shreds of mostly uniform thickness produced by the grating blade of a food processor. hand-grated potatoes, for example, melt together more easily in a potato pancake than food-processed potato shreds. ===in music=== in jamaica, coconut graters are used as a traditional musical instrument (along with drums, fife, and other instruments) in the performance of kumina, jonkanoo, and sometimes mento. ==history== the cheese grater was invented by franÃ§ois boullier in the 1540s in france with the idea that hard cheeses could still be used. the original cheese grater was made from pewter and is currently on display at the musÃ©um du havre in france. "cheese grater history." ehow. demand media, 28 july 2009. web. 18 nov. 2014 at the time of its creation there was a concern over the threat of disease from eating meat due to ideas of post enlightenment that w
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