Goomba38 > wrote:

> LOL, neither do I now!? I always put whole spices in when I could, and
> own the basics ground too, but bay leaves are NOT commonly called for in
> many recipes so it has never been an issue before. I look forward to
> discovering all I can use my newly ordered mortar and pestle for. I
> decided to go low-tech to start with though.

I use my coffee grinder 5x more than my M&P. The MP I use for small
amounts of cumin and wet/oily stuff, but there are a lot of whole
spices that a M&P won't be able to grind correctly (caraway,
allspice, eg).

-sw