Customer Reviews

Microplane 36030 Holiday Gift Set includes the #35000 series Fine Blade, Medium Ribbon Blade and the Slider Attachment.

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The Microplane 36030 grater gift set includes two graters--a "medium ribbon grater" and a fine grater--as well as a slider/guard attachment that will help you to avoid grating your fingertips.

The ribbon grater is recommended for softer things such as vegetables and soft cheeses, where you can best make use of its ability to produce wide, flat gratings, but I also like what it does to hard cheeses. It produces thin flakes that look nifty in a snowy pile atop a hamburger, and that melt well in an omelet. The fine grater produces very tiny shreds of citrus zest, chocolate, and hard cheeses. It's wonderful when you need cheese that will melt fast, or a drift of chocolate to decorate a cake.

The graters are wide and flat with large, comfortable handles that are easy on the hands. The graters are edged in clear, hard plastic that doesn't slide around when you prop it on a plate to do your grating; it stays in place surprisingly well. The hand-guard can be slid onto the end of either grater; it has a square hole in the middle that you put the food to be grated in, and a plastic pusher that you put atop of that. It's slightly awkward at first if you get the pressure in the wrong direction, but once you get used to it, it works quite well. I only rarely use the guard however; the holes on Microplane graters are narrow and low-angle, which makes it difficult to grate yourself on them despite their exceptional sharpness.

These graters are dishwasher-safe and remain beautiful wash after wash. Ours are every bit as beautiful as the day we got them. They also come with hard plastic covers that slide on and off easily, to protect both the graters and anything else you might want to store along with them.

These are great for quick kitchen grating! And watch your fingers with the guard!