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Salt & pepper grinders

tdrice

tdrice

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Are there any superior brands of grinders? My wife wants me to make a set and it is not something I am terribly interested in but for her I will do it. I just don't want to more than once if I can avoid it.
 
Chef Specialties is supposed to be better than the run of the mill .... OK, bad pun. :D

I also have one one the ceramic crush/grind kits which can be used for either peppermills or saltmills and I think that I will like it better than the standard mechanism, but I haven't used it yet. :)
 
Thanks a lot Bill, new to me website, spend money and get fat...after I looked at the grinders I clicked on the recipes tab. Asiago garlic puffs...That will happen tonight. Although there is a misprint in the recipe, It calls for "1 clove of garlic" Ha, who ever heard of such a thing...:)
 
I like the crush mechanism since you can have a lot of design options available.

You might look at the article by Ron Browning in which he uses a crush mechanism
Page 39 24-4 winter 2009. You can use his plan as a guide.

I used a crush mechanism to make a mill from two spheres about 20 years ago
still going strong.


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Go with CrushGrind@ mechanism and never look back. - John

PS - Don'e even consider making a salt shaker, pepper mill, etc. until you get (and read) a copy of Turning Salt & Pepper Shakers And Mills by Chris West. There's a section in the book dedicated to the CrushGrind@ mechanism. Everything you need to know. - J

PSS - Don't ever think about cutting the lugs off of the CrushGrind@ mechanism and using some sort of adhesive to install the mechanism in the mill body. Install the CrushGrind@ mechanism as designed - snap fit with no adhesive required/needed. - J
 
Clifton C said:
Thanks a lot Bill, new to me website, spend money and get fat...after I looked at the grinders I clicked on the recipes tab. Asiago garlic puffs...That will happen tonight. Although there is a misprint in the recipe, It calls for "1 clove of garlic" Ha, who ever heard of such a thing...:)
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I can't be held responsible for any ancillary culinary consequences of enjoying freshly crushed peppercorns. :D

Feel free to use two or more cloves of garlic to suit your taste. :D
 
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