Pictured above is a fairly harmless piece of pottery. It is the type of thing that you might find in any random French knick-knack shop. This item is a small, textured plate useful for grating garlic, or maybe a hard cheese. Heck, in Japan I believe they have similar devices for grating wasabi. A simple and useful kitchen item without a doubt. So you may be asking yourself, what exactly makes you sad about this Mr. Dave?
Well, here you go-
Check out the "Grater Plater" at the "As Seen on TV" website. "Grate cheese with ease" they tell you, "for zest it is the best" they swear. The product is billed as a "new innovative grating system." I don't know why, but I hate this. Something about the packaging of such a simple, useful, and time tested apparatus in such a slick and smarmy manner puts me off. It is like taking a mortar and pestle, renaming it the Crush-o-matic 2000, and advertising that the "Crush-o-matic 2000 is the latest in spice obliterating technology." Billy Mays, I'm sorry that you are dead and all, but this was a lame idea. For shame.
How times have changed. When I got mine I had to buy it from a carnie at the State Fair - they hadn't started infomercials or selling it on TV yet.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese use sharkskin to grate wasabi. Similar concept. "New Grating system" is a dubious claim at best.
ReplyDeleteHave you considered any time in front of those florescent lights? I hear that helps.
ReplyDeleteThe circumstances are even more depressing. This one was featured on the short-lived Billy May's reality tv show Pitchmen. He promoted this product as a favor to a friend and fellow-infomercial-man who was bankrupted by medical bills. http://blog.asseenontvnetwork.com/products/pitchmen-liveblog-grater-education-the-grater-plater/
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