OK @Smithy (and others) if you are ever tempted to buy one of these, please don't.
First of all the instructions for assembling and using it were on the underside of the cardboard packaging and I might have missed them completely! They were in fact on the packaging which one normally just tosses into the garbage. Even so without an engineering degree I found myself googling YouTube videos of how to assemble and use the damn thing. Still not sure that I have it right. But one would think with that very attractive little container that one could grind directly into it. Put that thought aside. The container will not attach to the main unit as long as it is fully assembled. And attempting to transfer the grated contents from the unit to the container resulted in a huge cleanup job.
Since the thing said it would grate cheese and I needed cheese for my breakfast this morning I opted to try that before the garlic. Yes it will grate cheese. A minuscule amount at a time. And unless you have been smart enough to put down some parchment paper or other surface on which your cheese can land you will find yourself with cheese everywhere when you attempt to get it out of the unit. Of course if you watch the YouTube videos things work perfectly and with no mess whatsoever. Harumph.
Epic fail on all accounts except the amusement value which is about all I expected anyway.
Edited to add that also on my to do list is to make more of that wonderful slow roasted cherry tomato sauce with all the tomatoes that Kerry picked up yesterday. I am off into the kitchen to begin the task.
