"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...

>
> The Lee Valley rasp that I picked up at their store was most definitely a
> Micoplane. It is stamped or etched right into it.
>

And that was one from the kitchen section, not the hardware section? I
wonder if maybe they've changed their supplier for the kitchen one recently.
Perhaps they used to be made by Microplane but now they are not.

Did you notice, btw, on their website, that they sort of take credit for the
use of rasps in the kitchen? They say it was a "Lee Valley woodworker's
wife" who first discovered its usefulness in the kitchen. I wonder if it's
true...

> What is it about these rasps. I had heard how good they were and searched
high
> and low for one before I discovered Lee Valley. Now I am seeing them all
over
> the place. I found a great kitchen store the other day in a town near
here. It
> stocked several different sizes of Microplane rasps (with handles), and I
picked
> up a miniature one that is only a few inches long.
>
>

They've been popular in the kitchen for several years, I think. I think
Mimi Hiller started selling them on her website at least in 1999 or 2000. I
think they're even more popular now because of the exposure they get on many
cooking shows.

rona


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