at Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:51:49 GMT in <20040112115149.13580.00003008@mb-
m10.aol.com>, (PENMART01) wrote :

>>(MartyMoose)
>>
>>I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.
>>
>>I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I
>>should use the best Pepper Mill that I can find.
....
>
>None better... I have the large brass one.
>
>http://www.chefscatalog.com/store/ca...earch&itemId=c
>prod1859776
>

This reference yields a "product not found". Are you, perchance, referring
to the "Professional Salt & Pepper Mills" made in Greece, (Item #1248 in
your case)?

If so I agree that these are really good. I got one after looking around
and concluding that it was the best I would be able to find. A few
quibbles, though.

The finest grind setting is coarser than what I would like ideally. I'd
like to be able to grind down to the consistency of ultra-fine pastry flour
for certain spices.

The actual mechanism is difficult to clean. I'd prefer something you could
disassemble quickly right down to the grinding buhrs, so that you could
give them a thorough clean when using them for multiple spices.

It would also be nice to have a hard ceramic buhr available for more
resilient items. That would also provide a longer life, IMHO.

It's really big for table use. This isn't a major quibble, because I use it
for cooking, where a smaller one would be impractical, and I think it's
silly to get 2, one for cooking and one for the table. But those who are
only going to use it at the table will find it somewhat unwieldy, and also
top-heavy. If you want to stand it up at the table even a fairly mild
vibration or jar will probably cause it to tip, and these are heavy units.
They'll easily damage a tabletop, and break any dishes they hit.

Having said this, however, I haven't found another unit with the features
I'd like anyway. So most of these quibbles are wish-list, not actual
reality.
--
Alex Rast

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