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Object Name |
Grater |
Caption |
Tin nutmeg grater |
Description |
Tin nutmeg grater or rasp; half-cylindrical. Belonged to Lauzers, parents of Abby Andrews. The surface is perforated with small rasped holes. The nutmeg is passed over the surface to grate. Covered seed storage area at top. Hole for hanging. The Lauzers were early pioneers who moved to Hutchinson in 1876 and bought a farm 4 miles east of Hutchinson, where they remained until 1913 when they moved to Minneapolis. Simon Lauzer died in 1934 and Anna Tmey Lauzer in 1935. Abby Lauzer Andrews graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1912 and the University of Minnesota in Home Economics in 1917. She married Walter A. Andrews, Hutchinson, in 1917. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1917 and was a School Superintendent in southern Minnesota towns and in 1944 became director of elementary education in the Minnesota State Dept. of Education. In the late 17th century nutmeg and nutmeg graters became associated with drinking punch, at that time a fashionable alcoholic beverage. Through the 18th century it was the fashion for men to carry nutmeg in a pocket-sized silver container equipped with a grater in order to add freshly grated nutmeg to punch. |
Catalog Number |
1987-0288-001 |
Search Terms |
Lauzer Family Graters |
Subjects |
Food preparation |
People |
Andrews, Abby Lauzer Lauzer, Simon Lauzer, Anna Tmey |