François Boullier of France and Isaac Hunt of England both took credit for inventing the cheese grater in the 1540s. Ingredient supplies, mainly milk, ebbed and flowed in both France and England, as they have in the United States during this coronavirus pandemic. Boullier originally aimed to use up an overabundance of cheese in Paris. An avoidance of meat led French farmers to convert their meat herds (often boys) to dairy-producers (girls), which led to more milk and even too much milk, which led to a market flooded with cheese. Boullier made his first cheese grater out of pewter to grate hard, sometimes dried out cheeses, which turned them into a sort of condiment. Pewter is known as a rather soft metal, and Boullier’s original grater is reportedly on display in a museum in Le Havre, France. Isaac Hunt wanted to stretch cheese due to a shortage in England, so he grated and melted it for Welsh rarebit and other dishes. Grating cheese allowed more even distribution of the cheese to melt it in cooking and still does. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Philadelphia cheesemonger and entrepreneur Jeffrey Taylor also wanted to stretch cheese for to bulk up cheese features, including vegetables, to make them look like more filling food during difficult economic times. Taylor read about Boullier’s invention and made his own by sharpening the holes of a metal shower drain. For the last century, many companies have tried to improve the cheese grater and invent a new “latest” one that we all must-have. Graters are now made of all sorts of materials including bamboo, wood, and various metals. Some are decorated with clowns’ heads, some are shaped like plastic frogs, while others bear knuckle protectors. They vary in size, shape, and function. Grating slots come with different angles and shapes of slots and can grate everything from zucchini, onions and cheese, to cooked eggs, coconut, potatoes, cabbage, and lemon and orange peel, and possibly even create wood shavings. Smaller graters grate ginger and garlic. https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/antique-cheese-gratersThe grater has been used for hundreds of years and has proved its worth in the kitchen throughout history.Grater metal (3 parts) Tripartite with hinges for folding.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, grater

Austrian-born Yosl Bergner grew up in Warsaw, Poland and arrived in Melbourne in 1937 as a 17 year old refugee, fleeing European anti-Semitism. While he lived in Australia for just a decade, his impact was substantial. He became a leading figure in the Social Realist group of painters (which included Noel Counihan and Danila Vassilief) who were committed to depicting the experiences and struggles of the disenfranchised and marginalised. Their images of the urban poor, workers, refugees (and in Bergner’s case, Aboriginal people of inner-city Fitzroy) – were politically urgent and uncompromising, and remain a high point of mid-20th century Australian art. After departing Australia following the war, Bergner travelled in Paris, Montreal and New York, before settling in Israel in 1950. Here his work became more allegorical and colourful, while continuing to reflect his passion for justice and sense of mortality. He became known for book illustrations and theatre sets and in 1980 was awarded the Israel Prize, a state award regarded as the Israel’s highest cultural honour. His work was the subject of a major retrospective at the Tel Aviv Museum in 2000. He died in 2017, aged 96.

Tin nutmeg grater.grater, nutmeg

this item belongs to the Polish family; it was home made in the displaced persons camp in Paderbonn, Germany; the family arrived in Australia in 1950 and settled down in Melbourneone of a few items of this kind which has survived to present dayssteel, sharp perforations, rustedgrater, migration, displaced person camp

Nutmeg is placed in mini barrel and pressed down with the plunger. The barrel is then slid backward and forward over the grater.Tin nutmeg grater with wooden mini barrel and wooden handle.Uniquenutmeg graters

Nutmeg was highly coveted and revered by wealthy and fashionable people, so much so that they carried around their own pocket-sized nutmeg graters to add a dash of the spice to anything at any time, which was usually punch and other beverages. These graters are now valuable collectibles.A vintage tin v shaped half cylindrical nutmeg grater which has a hole at the top to hang it. It has a flip lid and is open at the bottom. cooking equipment, cooking, spices

Donated by Mrs Mercer, MaryWhite baby powder tin with orange trim and blue lettering"Johnson's Baby Powder. Economy Size, purest protection. Johnson & Johnson"

Metallic cylinder that is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. Has various sized holes cut/drilled into it to allow food to be grated. Hollow in the centre to contain grated food.Willow', 'registered design' and 'made in Australia' all featured on cylinder.cooking, kitchen

Tinplate nutmeg grater with wooden handlenutmeg graters

Tinplate moult grater with a wooden handlefood graters

Tinplate nutmeg grater with two wooden handlesEdgarnutmeg graters

Coconut grater, hand-cranked and on a wooden base.fruit graters, food graters

Hand-cranked rotary grater, on a wooden base."Houchin Mfg. Co. N.Y. NO. 709"food graters

Metal hand-cranked nutmeg grater with two wooden handles.nutmeg graters

Cast iron coconut grater, hand-cranked with a wooden handle.fruit graters

Hand-cranked rotary vegetable grater, with wooden handle, on a wooden base."Ceres"food graters

'Gem' nutmeg grater, hand-cranked with three wheels and a wooden knob on the handle.nutmeg graters

The Moulin Legumes No. 3 food mill is a useful manual kitchen utensil for milling, sieving, grating and pureeing various food types (legumes, vegetables, fruit and herbs). The food is placed in the chamber and the handle is turned to push the food through the holes in the blades and into a bowl placed below it. The various blades allow choice of consistency as they have different sized holes. It was in use before electric food processors were invented and is still used in modern times. The vegetable mill was invented by the French inventor and industrialist, Jean Mantelet, in 1932. Inspired by his wife, he invented the mill, which simply and quickly made cooked food into puree or mash. He said "My greatest pride is to rid women of a daily chore." The business started using the brand Moulinex in 1956 and today is it a household name linked to useful and good quality kitchen utensils and aids. The name comes from combining the words Moulin Express, which was an electric coffee mill. The embossed text "BREVETE S G D G" was a type of French patent without a government guarantee. It stopped being used in 1968. This Moulin is an example of a kitchen utensil used before electric food processors were invented, and had gained popularity to process foods such as vegetable's, fruit, nuts and herbs in a domestic or commercial kitchen. The first model of the Moulin Legunes was invented in 1932 by French industrialist Jean Mantelet to meet the reduce labour for housewives in the kitchen. Millions of this labour saving device have since been sold. Food mill, metal, for manually processing food. Conical-shaped food chamber, two U-shaped handles on opposite sides, two clips inside. Three interchangeable twelve-sided cutting blades, each with different sized holes. Made in France. Model is Moulin Legumes No. 3. Impressed into the side, within a circle "MADE IN FRANCE - BREVETE S G D C -" and in centre "2" (Brevete is French word for Patent)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, made in france, french kitchen utensils, moulin, food preparation, kitchen utensil, food mill, food processor, sieve, moule, mouli, grater, puree, hand operated, moulin legumes no. 3, vingage, kitchen gadget, moulineux, jean mantelet

Rectangular in shape, consists of three grating sections connected by hinges. Right section consists of tiny holes, left section has larger holes, and the middle has two crescent shaped holes. The two outer panels have handles at the top.