What are those bobbly bits for on the side of cheese graters for?

Question

Does it actually work well? I mean, if it's for zesting citrus fruit, doesn't the zest just get stuck on the grater?

Bobbly bits...well, you all know what I mean!

Answer 1

For zesting citrus fruit.

They work pretty well, actually. The zest does have a tendency to get stuck, but brushing it off (carefully, so you don't lose much) with a pastry brush works wonderfully.

Answer 2

It's for getting the zest of a citrus fruit. Yes, most of it does sort of stick between the "bobbly bits", but if you run a knife along the grooves between the bobbles first one way then the other most of the zest comes off.

Answer 3

There are 'scratchy' bits for zesting citrus fruits - i.e. scraping the surface layer of a lemon, lime or orange, to put into a recipe.

Answer 4

You've made the mistake of assuming that the grater is a cheese-grater. The grater can be used for spices, chocolate, fruit peel, 'normal' cheese, harder cheeses like parmesan.

There are loads of different things you can grate.

Answer 5

That's so funny.... bobbly bits!! Anyhow, they are for grating things like lemon zest or fresh ginger.

Answer 6

Could be for grating nutmeg.
You can use a flat pastry brush to get the bits out.

Answer 7

To grate cheese into Parmesan for spaghetti.

Answer 8

Nutmeg and zesting cirtus fruit. I only use it for nutmeg though, and it works.

Answer 9

to make the cheese grates feel they r great and they can also have makeup to attract others and look different from there counter parts

Answer 10

Different Ways of grating cheese maybe?

But does anyone actually use them... ;-)