I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
ground type.

Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
adequate?

Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?

Steve

Steve B wrote:
> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> adequate?
>
> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?

I just use regular black peppercorns in mine. It works for me. Perhaps I
just don't know enough about different coloured peppers, but black
pepper works for me.

Steve B wrote:
> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> adequate?
>
> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
> Steve
>
>


I've owned about six different pepper grinders in my adult life.
Some have been terrific, others...junk.

I am using two now that I love, One is a ~10 year old Zazzenhaus (sp?)
from Penzey's that they no longer sell. Another is one of those
tall brass (Greek?) ones that Sheldon recommended long ago. They are
not cheap, but I lucked out and found one marked down from ~$95 to $20
on a sale rack at the very back of a Williams Sonoma about 5 years ago.
It is missing a spacer between the cover and the grinding handle so it's
a tiny bit wobbly. I keep thinking I'll find a spacer in a hardware
store sometime, but haven't bothered yet. That one is just perfect,
even with the wobbles.

Do you use different peppers now? I've always thought I'd like to have
a mill filled with white or mixed peppercorns, but I always fall back on
Tellicherry.

gloria p

On Feb 23, 10:27*am, "Steve B" > wrote:
> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> adequate?
>
> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
> Steve

I went thru a couple of cheapos, then bought an Olde Thompson. Have
had it for years now, and they even fixed it for a 4 buck shipping
fee. I think this is one item it does pay to get the best your money
can buy. Use it many times a day, so get the heavy artillery, I
reasoned.

Steve B wrote:
> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than
> the ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller
> cheaper ones adequate?

I like the Unicorn Magnum than runs about $32. I have been very
happy with it over the many others I've tried, from cheap to pricey.
It shows no signs of slowing down.

nancy

"Steve B" > wrote in message
...
>I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
>ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper
> ones adequate?
>
> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
> Steve
>

My favorite is the Atlas brass one Available at www.fantes.com Our is
about 25+ years old and performs like new. I'm sure there are others around
that work well but there is also crap available. Try one out first if you
can.

In article >,
says...
>
> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> adequate?
>
> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
> Steve

Bought this one at Bed Bath and B. Nice grip, easily adjustable, consistent,
easy fill...

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?
hl=en&q=oxo+good+grips+pepper+grinder&cid=11218565 79314805543&sa=title#p

or

http://tinyurl.com/yazyyd9

Scotty

--
Can I haz Cheezeburger?

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:27:27 -0800, "Steve B"
> wrote:

> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> ground type.
>
> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> adequate?
>
I'm buying my pepper in disposable grinders at the grocery store now.
The fanciest I get is lemon pepper or multicolored pepper (which I
haven't looked for in a disposable grinder yet).

> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
If you buy pepper in those disposable mills, you can have one of every
kind they offer.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Dave Smith wrote:
> I just use regular black peppercorns in mine. It works for me. Perhaps
> I just don't know enough about different coloured peppers, but black
> pepper works for me.

Like you, I do not have a lot of experience with different types of
peppercorns. I use black pepper and white pepper, although I do try
different kinds of black pepper. For the past few months we have been
using Vietnamese peppercorns and I am very impressed with the aroma and
the flavor of this pepper. It is outstanding and very inexpensive, I
found it in an Asian market.


The label on the container of peppercorns is not in English. In this
photo, it is a square container with a yellow lid.


http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1033176922


Becca

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:27:27 -0800, "Steve B" > wrote:

>I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
>ground type.
>
>Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
>adequate?
>
>Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
>Steve
>
I bought an old hand crank coffee grinder for $2 at a garage sale, it works perfectly
for everything from cracked to finely ground. Of course as always your mileage may
vary.

Nancy wrote on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:30:52 -0500:

> Steve B wrote:
>> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things,
>> rather than the ground type.
>>
>> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the
>> smaller cheaper ones adequate?

> I like the Unicorn Magnum than runs about $32. I have been
> very happy with it over the many others I've tried, from cheap
> to pricey. It shows no signs of slowing down.

Thirty years ago, we bought a combined salt-shaker/pepper-mill at a Scan
import store. It is still doing very well. It is a Danish teak cylinder
but the mill was made by Peugeot of France (yes, the car company!)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:27:27 -0800, "Steve B"
> wrote:

>I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
>ground type.
>
>Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
>adequate?
>
>Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
>Steve
>

Get a hand operated coffee grinder, either the tall Turkish type or
the old style box grinder with the hand crank on top.
Both types are adjustable, work better and will last longer than most
of the dedicated pepper grinders on the market.
We also have some Peugeot, made in France pepper grinders that are
supposed to be the benchmark for grinders. I'd never buy another, our
hand crank coffee grinders will grind circles around the Peugeot.

Ross.

James Silverton wrote:
> Nancy wrote on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:30:52 -0500:

>> I like the Unicorn Magnum than runs about $32. I have been
>> very happy with it over the many others I've tried, from cheap
>> to pricey. It shows no signs of slowing down.
>
> Thirty years ago, we bought a combined salt-shaker/pepper-mill at a
> Scan import store. It is still doing very well. It is a Danish teak
> cylinder but the mill was made by Peugeot of France (yes, the car
> company!)

I did have a Peugeot pepper mill years ago. I believe that one
was dropped one too many times.

I also had a Peugeot car in the 80s. Nice car, if not lightning fast out
of the gate.

nancy

gloria.p wrote:
> Steve B wrote:
>
>> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
>> adequate?
>
> I've owned about six different pepper grinders in my adult life.
> Some have been terrific, others...junk.

To me price seems to have had little to do with how long they last. I
now go with the cheap ones that come on the top of Spice Islands
bottles.

>> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>>
> Do you use different peppers now? I've always thought I'd like to have
> a mill filled with white or mixed peppercorns, but I always fall back on
> Tellicherry.

We usually have a few hanging out in the kitchen. Black, white, red and
green. I think the green ones are Schezuan peppercorns and thus
actually a different species.

Pepper mills also work for other seed spices that are similar in size.
Corriander. A really stout one will work on allspice. Nutmeg is too
big for any I've seen. So far I have not tried putting cloves in one.
I think the cloves would get too weak when exposed to air as long as
it would take me to use it up.

sf > writes:

> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:27:27 -0800, "Steve B"
> > wrote:
>
>> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
>> ground type.
>>
>> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
>> adequate?
>>
> I'm buying my pepper in disposable grinders at the grocery store now.
> The fanciest I get is lemon pepper or multicolored pepper (which I
> haven't looked for in a disposable grinder yet).
>
>> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>>
> If you buy pepper in those disposable mills, you can have one of every
> kind they offer.

And help turn the earth into a plastic rubbish tip.

By a grinder and then your spices seperately. Personally I have
coriander, blakc pepper, chilli and a mustard seed mix on my grinder.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:56:38 +0100, Bogbrush >
wrote:

> sf > writes:
>
> > On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:27:27 -0800, "Steve B"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> >> ground type.
> >>
> >> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> >> adequate?
> >>
> > I'm buying my pepper in disposable grinders at the grocery store now.
> > The fanciest I get is lemon pepper or multicolored pepper (which I
> > haven't looked for in a disposable grinder yet).
> >
> >> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
> >>
> > If you buy pepper in those disposable mills, you can have one of every
> > kind they offer.
>
> And help turn the earth into a plastic rubbish tip.
>
> By a grinder and then your spices seperately. Personally I have
> coriander, blakc pepper, chilli and a mustard seed mix on my grinder.

You're a manly man. Figure out how to get the top off and refill it.
My brother does that.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

James Silverton wrote:
> Nancy wrote on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:30:52 -0500:
>
>> Steve B wrote:
>>> I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things,
>>> rather than the ground type.
>>>
>>> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the
>>> smaller cheaper ones adequate?
>
>> I like the Unicorn Magnum than runs about $32. I have been
>> very happy with it over the many others I've tried, from cheap
>> to pricey. It shows no signs of slowing down.
>
> Thirty years ago, we bought a combined salt-shaker/pepper-mill at a Scan
> import store. It is still doing very well. It is a Danish teak cylinder
> but the mill was made by Peugeot of France (yes, the car company!)
>
Yup. I also have Peugeot pepper mills (pl), which I bought in the
1970s, and they still function perfectly.

--
Jean B.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident. --Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

On Feb 23, 10:38*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Steve B wrote:
> > I like pepper out of a pepper mill for a lot of things, rather than the
> > ground type.
>
> > Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> > adequate?
>
> > Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
> I just use regular black peppercorns in mine. It works for me. Perhaps I
> just don't know enough about different coloured peppers, but black
> pepper works for me.

>
>
Same for me.

Ross wrote:

> Get a hand operated coffee grinder, either the tall Turkish type or
> the old style box grinder with the hand crank on top.
> Both types are adjustable, work better and will last longer than most
> of the dedicated pepper grinders on the market.
> We also have some Peugeot, made in France pepper grinders that are
> supposed to be the benchmark for grinders. I'd never buy another, our
> hand crank coffee grinders will grind circles around the Peugeot.

I have one of the old box-type coffee grinders and two no-name peppermills.
(I've also got an electric burr-type coffee mill which I use for other
spices.)

One of the peppermills has black (Tellicherry) peppercorns in it, the other
one has white peppercorns from Penzey's. I use the coffee mill if I want to
grind other spices along with white or black peppercorns (e.g., pink
peppercorns or coriander).

Bob

Up in NH I found a disposable Plastic pepper grinder that is 8 to 10"
tall. When it is empty I intend to have DH drill a hole in the bottom
and refill it, also got a sea salt grinder the same size. I've never
seen any except the 4"ers here in DE. But then we have no upscale
grocery stores in the capital of Dover. Pathetic. There isn't a Whole
Foods, no Trader Joes(in the whole state), no Redmans, and no
specialty foods in any of the groceries here. We have to take a road
trip to MD. This state is so provincial about soooo many things. Nan

In article >,
"Steve B" > wrote:

> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper ones
> adequate?

I've only had one ‹ a Peugot, made in France, that was a gift from an
acquaintance 42 years ago. It is not very large and I use it regularly
and frequently. I can adjust the grind from coarse to fine. It's a
regular ol' turn-the-top-of-it grinder.
>
> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?

Depends on if you like pepper mixes. I can't see switching out the
peppercorns for one kind or the other.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Breaded Pork Tenderloin, 2-18-2010

"Bogbrush" > wrote

> And help turn the earth into a plastic rubbish tip.

Wake up. That happened ten years ago.

"Nan" > wrote in message
...
> Up in NH I found a disposable Plastic pepper grinder that is 8 to 10"
> tall. When it is empty I intend to have DH drill a hole in the bottom
> and refill it, also got a sea salt grinder the same size. I've never
> seen any except the 4"ers here in DE. But then we have no upscale
> grocery stores in the capital of Dover. Pathetic. There isn't a Whole
> Foods, no Trader Joes(in the whole state), no Redmans, and no
> specialty foods in any of the groceries here. We have to take a road
> trip to MD. This state is so provincial about soooo many things. Nan

You should present this idea to the present EPA Administration and apply for
a few million $$$ for a grant to study this. I understand they are handing
out grants for just about anything.

Steve ;-)

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:18:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:

>> Should I have more than one with different pepper or mixes of pepper?
>
>Depends on if you like pepper mixes. I can't see switching out the
>peppercorns for one kind or the other.

Or if you're a Penzey's freak with different types of black pepper. Plus one for
white pepper, and one for mixed.

-- Larry {guilty: tellicherry, malabar, muntok, etc...}

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:30:18 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:

> gloria.p wrote:

>> Do you use different peppers now? I've always thought I'd like to have
>> a mill filled with white or mixed peppercorns, but I always fall back on
>> Tellicherry.
>
> We usually have a few hanging out in the kitchen. Black, white, red and
> green. I think the green ones are Schezuan peppercorns and thus
> actually a different species.

my understanding is that green peppercorns are unripe peppercorns of the
same type as black peppercorns. szechuan peppercorns are something else
entirely:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper>

i don't think the szechuan peppers would work in a grinder very well. if i
want them in particles, it's the mortar and pestle.

your pal,
blake

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I just use regular black peppercorns in mine. It works for me. Perhaps I
> just don't know enough about different coloured peppers, but black
> pepper works for me.

Pink and green peppercorns often come from the
Brazilian pepper tree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_pepper

This is a hazard for people who are sensitive
to urushiol (the same chemical in poison ivy
and poison oak).

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>
>> Do I need to spend a lot for a good grinder, or are the smaller cheaper
>> ones
>> adequate?
>
> I've only had one < a Peugot, made in France, that was a gift from an
> acquaintance 42 years ago. It is not very large and I use it regularly
> and frequently. I can adjust the grind from coarse to fine. It's a
> regular ol' turn-the-top-of-it grinder.
>>
And should *always* be turned clockwise, *never* back and forth.
Graham