"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 May 2008 11:49:16 -0400, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
>>Last night I made chorizo per the recipe in Rick Bayless' "Mexico, One
>>Plate at a Time" cookbook. It calls for you to grind the bay leaves with
>> mortar and pestle, which I don't own. I tried to do it in the food
>>processor, even adding the salt from the recipe to act as an abrasive
>>but it barely worked.
>>Any other suggestions to get the job done?
>
> Use a coffee grinder, like a Braun, or Krups. I use one for spices
> all the time.
>
> Christine

I have an electric coffee grinder for spice grinding.

Earlier this evening I even ground up some dried mushrooms in it, a
sprinkled topping on a rice dish.