UK chef reveals how we've been grating cheese the wrong way

There are quite a few kitchen gadgets that most people would deem to be hard to use, but the cheese grater wouldn't be one. 

According to a British food blog, we have been doing it incorrectly - it turns out that the 'up/down' method isn't the one!

Instead of the traditional up/down method, a less conventional side to side method is the way to go.

You might be wondering how this is even possible, but fear not, here's a demonstration. 

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It makes so much sense! 

You don't have to worry about sore knuckles from hitting the bench, and it looks a lot cleaner! 

Are we the only ones that didn't know this?