but when I was growing up our grater had on it stamped into the metal: “Grater Rape”. That always confused and bothered me and I wondered why they would put such a thing on the grater…
I have since found out that rape is the French word for grater, and we being a half hour from Canada were in the area where they’d market in French as well as English.
Very confusing for a young girl though, I must say. I would never have dared ask my mother about it.



