Nancy2 wrote:
> wrote:
> > I like to use fresh ingredients. I use ground pepper on a lot of foods,
> > and rubs contain lots and lots of pepper.
> >
> > But I don't have a good pepper grinder which will grind up large amounts
> > of pepper easily. I've tried a pepper ball, made of plastic with two
> > handles that you squeexe, and a stainless steel grinder with a
> > thumb-operted plunger on the top. Both work well, but neither will grind
> > up, say. a half-cup of pepper quickly and easily.
> >
> > Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I could conveniently grind
> > lots of pepper?
>
> Yup - buy a $15-20 coffee grinder and use it exclusively for your
> pepper (and other spices, if it cleans easily). They're electric -
> push the button - grind until it's the coarseness or fineness you like.

Those idiotic 'lectric whirlagigs don't grind, they pulverize, and very
unevenly, and they overheat the pepper... and they're certainly not
going to do a 1/2 cup, lucky if they can handle two Tbls.

Atlas (actually a Turkish coffee grinder) is the best high performance
manual pepper grinder out the
http://www.chefscatalog.com/catalog/...l&ite m=93860

Extremely well made, infinitely adjustable from a fine powder to
butcher's coarse grind, and will grind a 1/2 cup in about a minute, and
effortlessly... and collects the grind in it's own container, no muss,
no fuss.

I have a pair, the big brass... will hold more than 1 cup of
peppercorns.

Sheldon