Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> The grinder you bought looks exactly like the Porkert Poppyseed Grinder
> I bought several years ago. Mine is made exactly the same way.

Porkert it is! Did you join the owner's association.
I chose not to, because I didn't want to purchase
the extended warranty. Apparently, you can't
join unless you do. :-(

And the shirts look dopey. :-)

> > It seems that this machine was designed
> > to avoid expressing oil from any seeds it ingests.
>
> Yes, it is specifically designed to minimize oil expression.
> It was also specifically designed for grinding poppyseed,
> but I imagine a "dry" nut like almonds would work rather well.

I'll have to try every type of dried seed sold
at the Chinese food store.

> > It's easy to clean. My main complaint is that it is
> > contaminating the food with some gray stuff,
> > probably iron from the exposed iron surfaces.
> > I've run most of a pound of dried apricots through
> > it, and the contamination is still present though
> > it is much reduced. I'm hoping it'll go away
> > completely with enough use.
>
> This is typical of tinned cast iron, especially when it is new.
> The apricots, being sticky and containing sugar, acid, and
> moisture, would clearly exacerbate this problem. Grinding
> apricots is contrary to the purpose of this grinder, although
> I doubt the grinder will suffer from it.

It seems I had the grinder set too tight.
Running it looser seems to have helped.