GarlicCard

Just in yesterday from Brian Hayes.

He wrote: "A basic tool for grating garlic, the GarlicCard was originally conceived when Swedish chef Herman Rasmusson used the embossed numbers on his credit card to grate a clove of garlic. The size of the card was suited to the small size of garlic, and a product design concept was born. The GarlicCard is sturdy, easily washable, and the affordable kitchen tool comes in a variety of colors."

From the website:

A great way to grate!

Here’s a simple yet colorful solution to one of cooking’s most vexing problems — how simply to grate garlic into puree without painstaking effort or agonizing clean–up.

Faced with this same problem, noted Swedish chef Herman Rasmusson one day took out a credit card and began rubbing a clove of garlic against the embossed lettering.



Voila!

In almost no time, he had turned the clove into a uniform paste.

Then, fortuitously, he decided to wash the card (not wanting to fragrance his wallet with a permanent garlic aroma), and was amazed how easily the card cleaned with just a warm–water rinsing.



From there, the concept for GarlicCard was born.

Then, employing designer Lisa Flodin, he honed the GarlicCard into a compact yet sturdy utensil, available in eight bold display colors and subtly distinguished by the rows of finely embossed Gs and Cs that comprise its grating surface.

Today, the GarlicCard is an award-winning design, including the Netherlands' Gift Fair 2005 prize for most innovative consumer product, and is used by professional chefs and home cooks worldwide.



GarlicCard is easy to use, easy to clean and so convenient you'll want to stock up with more than just one.

Its practical and appealing design make it the perfect gift or stocking stuffer.

Environmentally–friendly, recyclable PET plastic.

Hand wash only.

3½" x 2".

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I predict the MOMA catalog will include this item by the end of the year.

If it does not — and you remind me of this forecast anytime after December 31, 2006 — I will personally buy and send you a GarlicCard in the color of your choice, signed and inscribed however you like, as a token of yet one more failure on my part.

It comes in red, white, yellow, orange, pink, green, blue or black.

Nice price: $6.

[via Brian Hayes]