Tool of the Week: Microplane Ultra Coarse Grater & Cut Resistant Glove
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A Twofer!
Okay, you know how you’re just whaling away on an almost-gone hunk of Parmesan with your handheld grater, and that little voice inside is just screaming “Stop now!” but no, you forgot to pick up a fresh hunk of Parm on your last trip to the store, and your spaghetti bolognese would be rendered inedible without at least a light sprinkling of cheese?
I can hear the heads nodding in recognition.
We’ve all been there.
And then, a knuckle catches on one of the nibs on the grater, you see the crimson before you feel it, and you ask yourself, When will I learn?
Another grater ain’t gonna help, honey, but we’re giving one away anyway as part of a double-barrelled Tool of the Week this time around. Since you can never have enough graters, Part One of this week’s giveaway is a Microplane Ultra Coarse Grater.
But wait, there’s more!
The real hero is Part Two: A Microplane Cut Resistant Glove to protect your delicate knuckles.
Note the fine print: “This glove is cut resistant and NOT cut proof.”
You’re already well-familiar with our in-house durability tests involving fireworks and hearses. Another part of the front print warns, “NEVER USE WITH MOVING OR SERRATED BLADES! No claim made for point-puncture resistance.”
So we’ll borrow a page from our friends over at Will It Blend? and advise you to not try anything particularly challenging with the glove at home. Leave that to us. At the very least, we’ll get some good video out of it.
In any case, the pair will make a good stocking stuffer for the klutz in your life, though that may well be you.
This is a combined value of $45, since the grater retails for $19.95 and the glove $24.95.
Win One!
One lucky BehindTheKnife.com reader will win a Microplane Ultra Coarse Grater and a Microplane Cut Resistant Glove FREE, a $45 value. Just leave a comment below by Friday December 11th, 11:59 p.m.
Besides Parmesan, the one thing I must have on my pasta is pignoli, pine nuts, which I’ve first toasted. What else can I do with pignoli besides throw them into a salad? Leave a comment about your own personal pignoli love.
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Oh, I can SO relate to this post! Product looks awesome.
Dana
Dec 05 2009
Very practical product.
ali
Dec 05 2009
I’ve never used pignoli, but I’d make lemon zest with this, too :)
Ruth Bryant
Dec 05 2009
i want one
Jamie
Dec 05 2009
Wow, I didn’t realize cut resistant gloves existed. That would certainly save my fingers!
mindy
Dec 05 2009
just fabulous thanks
Peter Durnin
Dec 05 2009
Pesto seems to be the first thing I can think of –
Anne Taylor
Dec 05 2009
I remember growing up; my grandmother was teaching us how to make Christmas Pudding from Scratch and unfortunately, we ended up eating some grated finger of my brother lol (not a lot, if any, but it makes for a good story)
Pinenuts I always toast and throw on any pasta, make pesto out of them and I like to put them on flat crust home made pizza, yummmm!! (if you’ve toasted them already, put them under the cheese, if not sprinkle them on top just before the pizza is ready to come out of the oven!)
I also just eat them after they’ve been toasted with a little sea salt sprinkled on them for a quick snack!
I’ve also put them on tomatoes that I’ve topped with parmesan and put under the broiler!
Thanks
nancyrobster@gmail.com
(in Canada)
Theresa Shafer
Dec 05 2009
Pignoli, pine nuts are delicate enough to be added to tuna salad, hummus, even on sundaes as nuts. They are very versatile.
Very nice added to grapefruit salad. Anywhere you want a hint of nutty texture.
I like pignoli.
Thank you for asking.
Theresa Shafer
Dec 05 2009
tweet
http://twitter.com/TES283/status/6380705999
John Rasmussen
Dec 05 2009
I hate box graters, and most of the hand-held ones are pretty flimsy. This looks nice.
mellissa l clark
Dec 05 2009
I want this.I love the gloves.
Marcia
Dec 05 2009
Blood in the grated cheese is such a no-no….
ROB
Dec 05 2009
would love an alternative to the BOX grater!
Annette D
Dec 05 2009
I have cut myself so many times grating cheese, this would be great!
Francine
Dec 05 2009
I love to throw pine nuts into my couscous.
Vickie Riddle
Dec 05 2009
I’m the klutz in my life :) The only time I remember having pinenuts was in a salad, but I’m going to try to venture out and try something new. Thank you.
Toby
Dec 05 2009
I love pignoli nuts. I use them alot in salads and once in a while I make a pesto sauce with them and I actually just love noshing on them!
Debra Barry
Dec 05 2009
I need this!
jen
Dec 05 2009
hummus!
Jaque Richards
Dec 05 2009
Pine nuts on Penne with white sauce! Yum!
Thank you. :-)
Nadine
Dec 06 2009
Pignoli are part of the recipe I use for fresh green beans: lightly steamed, tossed with fresh parsley, grated lemon zest, and pignoli.
jessica
Dec 06 2009
I’ve never had pignoli, unfortunately!
Tari Lawson
Dec 06 2009
Pignoli cookies are really yummy.
Jean F
Dec 06 2009
To be honest, I’ve never purchased pignoli nuts, but love them in cookies at the holidays
marge mckoen
Dec 06 2009
I put toasted crushed pine nuts on top of my baked mac and cheese
tracy l davis
Dec 06 2009
I didn’t realize cut resistant gloves existed. That would certainly save my fingers
Shari Dalton
Dec 06 2009
I have never heard of Pignoli but I would use this for grating cheese and orange rinds the most.
Why not throw in some goats cheese?
I tweeted!!
http://twitter.com/coolcanucks/status/6404502352
I signed up for your newsletter, The Blowtorch! :)
Angela J
Dec 06 2009
Nice prize, I like pesto with my pasta
Linda Lansford
Dec 06 2009
I never heard of pignoli
Michelle Draveski
Dec 06 2009
soup!
angie
Dec 06 2009
The glove would save my hands.
EMMA L HORTON
Dec 06 2009
THOSE GLOVES SOUND GREAT FOR THE WAY I AM IN THE KITCHEN
david basile
Dec 06 2009
good idea saftey and clean
amy p
Dec 06 2009
this looks amazing. I would love to try it out
Cynthia C
Dec 07 2009
A friend makes a pine nut tart which is fabulous. Thanks for the chance!
Denise B.
Dec 07 2009
Have a wonderful Christmas season!
I never heard of pignoli, but might have to keep my eye out for it.
We eat pignoli out of hand more frequently than we do in pesto, scattered atop pasta, or in baked goods, which is to say a lot, because we have them in all of those preparations with great regularity – usually toasted, just as you to. They’re a lot better than the fingernail shreds that sometimes end up in the grated cheese, that’s for sure!
I mostly have used pine nuts in pesto, but also in with some steamed veggies a few times.
http://twitter.com/fangirljen/status/6441051746 I Tweeted.
I’m a subscriber.
I would use them with some pasta. Make a simple sauce with garlic and olive oil and pine nuts and fresh basil. Delicious.
Jacob LaFountaine
Dec 07 2009
Crushed and sprinkled over a hot muffin
rebar
Dec 08 2009
Ok, so is the glove really worth it?? Couldn’t tell from the review.
My mindless/effortless fav with pine nuts is roasted pine nuts ground up and made into a chunky paste with salt and EVOO, then tossed with freshly cooked asparagus to coat – works great warm and cold.
Mitchell
Dec 08 2009
love your site just found it today via theopenskyproject.com
Homero Gutierrez
Dec 08 2009
Wow would love the grater and gloves, i’m in the kitchen so much using knives and would be really useful to have.
Corey
Dec 08 2009
Pignoli is good on top of a salad with some blue cheese.
Christine
Dec 08 2009
This is just what I need – yeow, that hurts! Thank you!
Christine
Dec 08 2009
Would love to win and I tweeted http://twitter.com/Tina12312/status/6470939571
roseh2o19
Dec 08 2009
throw ‘em out back – the squirrels love ‘em
mickeyfan
Dec 08 2009
Sorry, I can’t help….not a fan. Would be a fan of those gloves tho-you should see all the scars on my hands!
Lucy Schwartz
Dec 09 2009
I am not familiar with pignoli . I am to scraped knuckles.
donna
Dec 09 2009
just found this site- looks great- pine nuts are yummy for delicate crunch in salads, pastas, veggies, pizzas, used to get them fresh frm trees in nevada. forgot to mention how much i need the gloves. to keep blood out of my dinner. thanks
Love my regular microplane, the glove is as awesome idea. I wonder if it leaves particles in the food?
John
Dec 09 2009
Hey, looks like a great way to collect email addresses for your mailing list. But I’m mercenary enough to try it when it comes to food gadgetry. Still, please don’t put me on your mailing list.
Christine
Dec 09 2009
daily tweet http://twitter.com/Tina12312/status/6497180800
thank you!
Jason Nickolay
Dec 09 2009
My fingers and hand would never be happier. Thanks for the chance
jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com
Jeffrey Beckett
Dec 09 2009
Pine nuts are good to toss into hummus for a little crunch.
Syed Ahsun Zafar
Dec 09 2009
Oh wow, i could use that!
Deborah R
Dec 09 2009
I like to toast pignoli and sprinkle them on top of ice cream. I’ll also smash ‘em and add them to brownies. I love pignoli!
Regina Marlborough
Dec 10 2009
Pesto!
Rhonda Struthers
Dec 10 2009
Pretty boring but yummy.
Pinenuts on salad as a garnish
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Rhonda Struthers
Dec 10 2009
I tweeted
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Rhonda Struthers
Dec 10 2009
I subscribed
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Christine
Dec 10 2009
daily tweet http://twitter.com/Tina12312/status/6536068677
Kimberly
Dec 10 2009
I like pignoli in a nice baby spinach salad.
Erma H
Dec 10 2009
I’d love to try this out.
Heather
Dec 10 2009
I have cut myself way too many times while working with my microplane and garlic!
Jillian
Dec 10 2009
maybe some lemon pepper
karen
Dec 10 2009
Yay! I need a mew microplane grater.
Pamela
Dec 10 2009
Pignoli cookies are good!
Mir
Dec 10 2009
I know there is an Italian dessert (cake) made with those and I have the recipe saved somewhere to be tried some day. But I also like to just eat them or throw in pesto.
Sarah
Dec 10 2009
Need new grater.
Anne
Dec 10 2009
I use pignoli in biscotti! They are so delicious to eat with my coffee!!
But I’ll put them in or on pretty much anything!
Kyle Neusch
Dec 11 2009
add it to a soup
Pamela S
Dec 11 2009
Clever and useful tool. I would also throw the nuts on pasta, but that’s just me! I love them. Thanks.
Pamela S
Dec 11 2009
I’m subscribed to the Blowtorch. Thanks.
checkers
Dec 11 2009
Almond paste cookies with picnoli
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checkers
Dec 11 2009
I tweeted, http://twitter.com/checkkers/status/6560894712
checkers
Dec 11 2009
I’m subscribed to the Blowtorch.
Jennifer gersch
Dec 11 2009
pignoli- never heard of it
Christine
Dec 11 2009
daily tweet http://twitter.com/Tina12312/status/6566240990
barbara wright
Dec 11 2009
Oh yeah – I can totally relate to the red knuckles!
barbara wright
Dec 11 2009
I tweeted; http://twitter.com/bsw529/status/6568689962
I’d love to win so I can use it to grate fresh queso for all the Mexican dishes I love to prepare!
Sharon A
Dec 11 2009
Make pignoli cookies.
mineola
Dec 11 2009
Spinaci con Pignoli or Pignoli cookies!
I definitely need a glove like this – recently got a mandolin & had a carrot slip on me, got lucky but evidently prudence is not enough one must wear such a glove. :D
mineola
Dec 11 2009
la tweet
http://twitter.com/mineola/status/6571424815
the green bean recipe – green beans pignolitine, I guess, :D – above sounds really good
mineola
Dec 11 2009
& a newsletter recipient
Joanne Schultz
Dec 11 2009
I’ve never cooked with pignoli, only eaten them as is!!
Thanks for the giveaway! I just love microplane graters. My friend has one and it is just so wonderful to use!
Joanne Schultz
Dec 11 2009
tweet: http://twitter.com/js22222222/status/6574787328
chastidy
Dec 11 2009
Id love to have this, i had to Grate cheese because I always grate my fingernail :)
Betty Curran
Dec 11 2009
I’ve only use pignoli in salads or pasta. The idea of putting them on a sundae is intriguing.
Sonya
Dec 11 2009
I’ve never tried pignoli but now I’m going to have to!
Maja Meza
Dec 11 2009
never tried it, but cool
Maja Meza
Dec 11 2009
subscriber
carol ~
Dec 11 2009
I have never tried pignoli but I grate garlic and cheese and carrots, etc. The glove is wonderful!
Leona P
Dec 11 2009
Ive never used it
christopher h
Dec 11 2009
really really useful
Carolsue
Dec 11 2009
I’ve never used these either. What is it?
Wendy McBride
Dec 11 2009
I have never used Pignoli….but it sounds like something worth looking into.
How do you toast them…on a cookie sheet?
Jennifer Jozwiak
Dec 11 2009
i’ve had them in cookies but i don’t know if the cookies had a name or if my friend improvised, lol
R Hicks
Dec 11 2009
This would be handy to have around the kitchen.
Aisling
Dec 11 2009
You can use pignoli pine nuts in cookies.
I cut myself grating all too often! I could really use this!
patty herbert
Dec 11 2009
Never tried it but will
Renee Richardson
Dec 11 2009
I would love this. Considering how accident prone I am I need it, LOL!!. Thanks for the great contest and Have A Great Holiday Season :)
Jodie
Dec 11 2009
You can make cookies with pignoli!
Jodie
Dec 11 2009
I subscribed to The Blowtorch.
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Gianna
Dec 11 2009
Put em in your pesto :)
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I might test that glove on a Benriner just for fun.