Talk:Grater

Lysistrata
Does Lysistrata (mentioned in "See also") has something to do with graters?--193.124.238.46 19:30, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Eastern America
What's "Eastern America" mentioned in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.217.156.9 (talk) 03:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Inventor
"It was invented by François Boullier in the 1540s."

"The cheese grater was invented by Issac Hunt in the 1540s "

Well? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.195.142.1 (talk) 13:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * It now says "Isaac Cox" in the second reference to its invention. Looks like someone is messing with this page. I've changed it to François Boullier because "Isaac Cox" is clearly a joke but for all I know the joke could have been inspired by the name "Isaac Hunt" which might not have been inaccurate. Unfortunately this will probably see much more vandalism due to the lack of a citation. I've browsed the internet to try and clarify the issue but to no avail. Every website (which is clearly copying straight out of this wiki page anyway) states the inventor as François Boullier save for one, which claims it is disputed between François Boullier and Isaac Hunt. They might have just fallen for it. ZomgPancakes (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Word Origin
"The focus on the marketing was that it improved food and made it greater. This is where the name cheese "grater" came from."

I'm pretty sure "grater" comes from the verb "to grate", meaning to rub against or scrape, from the French "gratter" which literally means "to scrape". 69.46.164.109 (talk) 20:52, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * That looks like some old vandalism with a spurious source. I have removed it wholesale. Just plain Bill (talk) 00:01, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Surely Graters were around before Francois Bullier?
I randomly read this page and the History section must be a joke - this Francois Bullier did not invent the cheese grater in the 1500's, the very idea is absurd. Cheese graters are ancient, I know they were used by the Etruscans in the Iron Age, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're even older. I don't have any sources - I don't normally edit pages or submit stuff on talk pages, but when I read that claim I just had to say something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.138.146 (talk) 16:27, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * There's a "cheese-grater" (τυρόκνηστις) mentioned in Aristophanes's Wasps, which dates from the 400s BCE. 148.85.246.225 (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2017 (UTC)