On Apr 18, 9:59*am, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:56:12 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:31:27 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
> >wrote:
>
> >>merryb wrote:
> >>> wrote:
>
> >>> > Can anyone attest to whether freshly ground whole nutmeg and cinnamon
> >>> > have better flavor in recipes vs. the pre-ground spice jar type?
> >>> > I know that the preground stuff can last for years. Does anyone know
> >>> > the shelf life of whole nutmegs and cinnamon sticks?
> >>> > Thanks
>
> >>> Once at a place I was working, we were out of cinnamon, but we had
> >>> plenty of sticks. I decided to put them in the Robocoup and grind them
> >>> up- bad idea. They started smoking and started to melt the inside of
> >>> the bowl!
>
> >>The plastic used for food processor bowls is not meant to take the
> >>high speed bashing of cinnamon sticks, you may as will process rocks.
>
> >I found that out with cloves years ago and ruined the bowl in about 2
> >seconds. *I use a coffee grinder with a metal bowl now. *Works like a
> >charm.
>
> >Lou
>
> a coffee mill is the very balls for this sort of thing.
>
> your pal,
> blake- Hide quoted text -
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All we had was the processor, so I really had no choice! But, I sure
learned my lesson on that!!