That thing for cutting vegetables...

That thing for cutting vegetables is a kitchen utensil used to grate foods into fine strips or crumbs. Several types of things for cutting vegetables boast different sizes of grating slots, and can therefore aid in the preparation of a variety of foods. They are commonly used to grate cheese and lemon or orange peel (to create zest), and can also be used to grate other soft foods. They are commonly used in the preparation of toasted cheese, Welsh rarebit, and macaroni and cheese. In Slavic cuisine, things for cutting vegetables are commonly used to grate potatoes, for preparation of, e.g., draniki, bramborak or potato babka. In tropical nations, things for cutting vegetables are also used to grate coconut meat. In Jamaica, a coconut thing for cutting vegetables is used as a traditional musical instrument (along with drums, fife, and other instruments) in the performance of kumina, jonkanoo, and sometimes mento.
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