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Life-changing cheese grater hack could have saved your knuckles years ago
Grating cheese has to be one of the worst kitchen jobs there is, but one genius hack will make the activity a little more bearable.
After sliding that block of cheddar repeatedly over the metal ridges, you have to avoid slicing open your knuckles before trying to scrape every last crumb of cheese from the chopping board into a bowl – but not anymore.
Genius cheese grater hack
A woman has had a staggering 24 million views on TikTok after sharing the trick, which she learned on the video app. It’s really nothing groundbreaking, all she did was turn the grater onto its side. Yes, that’s it!
She grabbed an ordinary metal grater that you can buy for a few dollars at any store and laid it down on her cutting board on its side. Then, she proceeded to move the block of cheese over the grater as you usually would.
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However, placing the grater on its side has two miraculous benefits:
- You don’t slice your knuckles
- The grater catches the cheese
Too many people have accidentally shredded their finger instead of the cheese block, but the flat grater means that your knuckles no longer rub up against the steel blades as you’re trying to grate that last piece of cheddar.
Plus, all the grated cheese stays inside the grater so you can conveniently move it to the bowl, pan or plate where you want it with ease. Simply tip it the right way up to release the cheese from its nifty holder. Genius!
You can watch the video here.
‘All my life up until now not knowing this’
In the comments, people can’t believe they have gone their whole life without laying their cheese grater flat.
One person wrote: “Shut the front door. Whaaat?”
“Oh my goodness me. All my life up until now not knowing this!!!” said another.
A third person added: “Why have we always done things the hard way?”
“This could have saved my knuckles a long time ago,” another said.
Someone else added: “You cannot be serious! How did I not know this?”
“I’m embarrassed now thanks,” another wrote.
You’ll never grate cheese the old way again! Now try this genius trick to hold your taco, or this hack to close your bagel bag.
