Every slap triggers the 3 blades below to chop andcut the food. The more you slap the Slap Chop, the finer the food gets.Chop up potatoes for home fries, or add mushrooms and green peppers fora tasty side to your eggs. Even use the Slap Chop for vegetables likecarrots, celery and radishes for an instant salad. Nuts and chocolateare chopped easy for toppings on ice-cream. The Slap Chop is great foronions and even garlic so your fingers dont smell and it saves time.The Slap Chops base opens up to expose the blades for easy cleaning.The Graty for cheese comes with 2 blades, fine and course. Place anykind of cheese in the container, turn and press the black top twisterand the cheese comes right out for omelets, salads and pasta. It comeswith a black cover to seal the cheese so it stays fresh in therefrigerator. Take it out whenever you need a little or a lot of cheese.