On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:16:35 -0600, "graham" > wrote:

>
>>
>> However... The new one that I bought does say to only use the clockwise
>> twist.
>>
>> But... If you get pepper in a restaurant, they usually seem to use the
>> back and forth twist.
>>
>That's because the servers have not been taught otherwise.
>Graham

The restaurant owners and cooks themselves don't know. And anyway
those huge pepper mills are mostly fake, it's a cheap mechanism with a
small capacity installed in a big impressive piece of lumber. Anyone
who cares will bring their own peppermill, they do make pocket sized
ones and they don't cost much. Restaurants use preground pepper for
cooking in their kitchens, the same that they use to fill the shakers
on the tables, they buy one pound cans by the case of 24... a good 5%
of preground pepper is rodent turds and insects.
Buy several, would make a great stocking stuffer:
http://www.amazon.com/Kikkerland-Han...permill+travel

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:14:25 -0600, "Jean > wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 10/26/2012 10:42 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:07:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just bought one. Went through three of those pepper balls that Ming
>>>>>> Tsai
>>>>>> uses. I got two as a gift.
>>>>>
>>>>> You're talking about the clear ball with rabbit ear handles? I bought
>>>>> a small one a few years ago because it looked like a good idea for
>>>>> cooking. It looked like a] good one handed way to grind pepper. I
>>>>> didn't use it very often or very long before it just stopped working.
>>>>> Nothing broke off, it just stopped working. It wasn't terribly
>>>>> expensive, but it quit so soon that it just didn't seem like a good
>>>>> idea to keep throwing good money after bad replacing it.
>>>>
>>>> I've used that grinder for a long time and its never stopped working.
>>>>
>>>> Since then
>>>>> I've noticed more and more pepper being sold in its own grinder which
>>>>> is what I'm buying for cooking and to put on the kitchen table now.
>>>>> One of the grinders is even refillable, so when I use the contents up
>>>>> I'll refill it with a fancier pepper.
>>>>>
>>>> I buy a few of those, too. I've never tried refilling, though.
>>>
>>> That's what I used to buy and they were great! But I haven't seen them
>>> around in a long time.
>>>
>>>
>> In the not-too-distant past, I found long pepper, cubebs, and
>> grains of paradise in that form. I think there was regular black
>> pepper too, as well as multi-colored pepper.
>
> I'd like to shop where you shop. I just bought grains of paradise for
> the first time a couple of weeks ago but haven't had the chance to use
> them yet. You're saying just put them in a pepper mill? That's easy
> enough.
>

Apparently! These were at WF. I grabbed them because they are so
hard to find. I don't think I had ever even SEEN long pepper.
And my cubebs and grains of paradise were rather old.

dsi1 wrote:
> On 10/27/2012 6:25 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:51:38 -1000, dsi1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I use a back and forth motion too. It's just easier on the
>>> wrist and you
>>> maintain your grip at all times.
>>
>> Man, the straight lines don't get much better. I think that is a
>> chapter is the book, "Sex and Carpal Tunnel"
>>
>
> My recommendation is that you don't go ape-shit and get crazy with
> excessive twisting the head and always keep a firm grip on your
> grinder shaft. Nice and easy is always best. It's a good idea to
> keep a small towel handy in case you lose control and spill some
> on the floor or on your cutting-board.

Splork!

On 10/28/2012 11:08 AM, Jean B. wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> On 10/27/2012 6:25 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:51:38 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use a back and forth motion too. It's just easier on the
>>>> wrist and you
>>>> maintain your grip at all times.
>>>
>>> Man, the straight lines don't get much better. I think that is a
>>> chapter is the book, "Sex and Carpal Tunnel"
>>>
>>
>> My recommendation is that you don't go ape-shit and get crazy with
>> excessive twisting the head and always keep a firm grip on your
>> grinder shaft. Nice and easy is always best. It's a good idea to
>> keep a small towel handy in case you lose control and spill some
>> on the floor or on your cutting-board.
>
> Splork!

What the heck, you might as well have fun while you're cooking. :-)

dsi1 wrote:
> On 10/28/2012 11:08 AM, Jean B. wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 10/27/2012 6:25 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:51:38 -1000, dsi1
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I use a back and forth motion too. It's just easier on the
>>>>> wrist and you
>>>>> maintain your grip at all times.
>>>>
>>>> Man, the straight lines don't get much better. I think that is a
>>>> chapter is the book, "Sex and Carpal Tunnel"
>>>>
>>>
>>> My recommendation is that you don't go ape-shit and get crazy with
>>> excessive twisting the head and always keep a firm grip on your
>>> grinder shaft. Nice and easy is always best. It's a good idea to
>>> keep a small towel handy in case you lose control and spill some
>>> on the floor or on your cutting-board.
>>
>> Splork!
>
> What the heck, you might as well have fun while you're cooking. :-)

Hmmm. On the second glance, I notice a double entendre.