Lynn Dollar
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A lot of rub recipes call for freshly ground pepper. What is a good grinder other than those made to set on the table ?
Lynn, I've often thought about doing something LIKE THIS with my grinder to increase output (especially when you need a lot of pepper for a rub or something....) Tim Taylor would approve!
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Lynn, here are a few things you can do.
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In a pinch, your small appliances can substitute for a peppercorn grinder. A blender or a coffee bean mill will serve to transform the whole spices into powder. The electric power they provide is especially helpful if you need to achieve a fine grind, or if you are crushing other spices at the same time, such as anise seeds or whole cloves. It's important to clean the blades of the blender or coffee mill as thoroughly as possible after using them to grind pepper. Otherwise, your coffee or strawberry smoothies may end up tasting of unwelcome spices.
If you try the coffee grinder, after you do the pepper and before you make the next batch of coffee grind a half cup of rice to pull the pepper oils off. Otherwise the coffee tastes...weird!Joan, we have a coffee bean grinder, but I haven't thought about using it on pepper corns. Coffee beans are larger and I'm not sure the grind would be fine enough. But maybe I should sacrifice some pepper corns and find out .
If you try the coffee grinder, after you do the pepper and before you make the next batch of coffee grind a half cup of rice to pull the pepper oils off. Otherwise the coffee tastes...weird!
Joan, we have a coffee bean grinder, but I haven't thought about using it on pepper corns. Coffee beans are larger and I'm not sure the grind would be fine enough. But maybe I should sacrifice some pepper corns and find out .
A lot of rub recipes call for freshly ground pepper. What is a good grinder other than those made to set on the table ?
Went thru several hand grinders that didn't last long, bought a oxo 2 years or more now and has been great, the coffee grinder works well thanks for the rice tip