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A Hole in One!!!! My grandfather used to make these for me when I was a very little girl, visiting him in Lancaster, PA. He was not a golfer. He was first-generation American of Swedish descent, who had grown up in Salt Lake City, Utah.

oneemu---that's genius--i've heard people grate butter to bring it to temp quickly, but never thought of it as a presentation.

The best thing I have found for my Microplane is to use it to grate frozen butter for making biscuits, scones, or pie crusts. It makes this lovely pile of butter that looks like mounds of snow. It also makes for a cool presentation at dinner ;)

I also have a love/hate relationship with my microplane, as well as with my 25+ year old box grater. On multiple occasions, they have inflicted grievous bodily harm on my hands, sometimes detaching fingernails well below the quick - rather like the ancient bamboo beneath the nails torture. Even more so, they've destroyed expensively and exquisitely manicured nails and maimed knuckles and fingers at times when I wanted dearly to impress dates or company. Suffer though I might, I could not cook, or serve, many, many dishes without them.

@dmarina---I did realize after I shelled out $$ on a ped egg that it was essentially the same thing.

MMMMMMMMMM.....knuckles! It's what's for dinner! I use the microplane for everything, absolutely love it! I've grated many a knuckle (bon appetit to everyone who came to my house for spaghetti last winter).

The trick is to grate like hell until you get down on what you are grating then take your time...sounds a little like DUH, but it took me a lot of knuckles to figure out slowing down was the answer. Besides, you're not saving much time going for band-aids or finger cots.

Discovering I could use my microplane for garlic was a revelation. But seriously, we had to find a new place to store our box grater because the bf was taking serious chunks of finger off just barely brushing against it reaching for other things on the same shelf.

Also love my microplanes, and have little "family" of them, from baby to the wide plate. Garlic is very much my favorite use for them, so much faster and finer than mincing!

For those who cut themselves while zesting citrus, try turning the microplane over and moving the microplane over the fruit instead of moving the fruit. That way the zest collects on the plate and you are in little danger of getting cut since the hand holding the fruit stays still.

I only use mine for nutmeg, citrus rinds and parmesean.

I'm glad to hear you haven't murdered yours yet BananaMonkey.

Have you considered those Mesh / Oyster Gloves?
A bit of a pain but it seems you loose a lot of flesh :D

It's comfort food

I love bacon because I can have it the first thing in the morning, at lunch on a BLT and at dinner in a salad or in one of my wife's delicious creations.

I love bacon because the taste is out of this world!

I love bacon because it is the most tasty food on the planet. I can put it in almost anything and enjoy :) The last time I found it for an unbeatable price I bought 50lbs worth LOL.