RIP peppermill

On May 1, 6:39?pm, Bryan wrote:

If you're looking for recommendations, I suggest French technology.
Our Perfex mill lasted some 20 years before it went Sprang. We demoted
it to semi-retirement as a white pepper grinder. An Olde Thompson mill
(copy of the classic Peugeot peppermill works) took its place.
 
spamtrap1888 wrote:

No problems with rust? Although I haven't seen that problem here, every
brand I bought when I lived on Cape Cod rusted out at the metal parts.

Here I have been using those pepper balls which do seem to break from stress
after a few years. Had one where the piece on the side broke where you add
the pepper. The other one had a handle break off. Remaining one is still
intact but it has the tri-color peppercorns in it and it gets less use. I
prefer the black for most things. Have something I got at Fred Meyer
currently. Small, acryclic and probably paid $10 for it. So far so good.
 
projectile vomit chick wrote:

They used to make a pre-filled mill that was inexpensive and sold with the
spices. Not sure who made it. Maybe McCormick. Not sure if they still
make it or not. That's what I used to use until I got the pepper ball as a
gift.
 
"Bryan" wrote in message
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Most brands are made to be turned clockwise and many are ruined by people
turning them back and forth.
Graham
Who occasionally makes them for gifts.
 
On Sun, 1 May 2011 18:39:31 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:


I bought mine at Target in July of 2000. It needs it's screw
tightened every 3 uses and has a hopper that needs filled every 2
weeks, but it still works pretty good for $6. Lasted longer than my
upright "Chef'n Pepper" (not the "ball model" but the one with the
vertical rasp that moves up and down).

-sw
 
"graham" wrote in message
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This is true. You see people in restaurants offering "ground pepper" and
the servers crank the gears back and forth. No no no! Grind clockwise
only! I've never had to replace my Zassenhaus peppermill. It appears
Penzey's doesn't sell them anymore but the advice is still sound. Grind
only clockwise, not back & forth.

Jill
 
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Good mechanisms have spiral-cut teeth that crush the peppercorns and
force-feed them to the final fine grinder. Twist the wrong way and the
teeth in the fine grinding part just grind against each other and wear down.
Simple really.
Graham
 
On May 2, 12:17?am, "graham" wrote:

Back in the old days, the coarseness of the grind was set with a screw
on the bottom. Then some maker economized by using the nut that holds
the top on for that purpose. Most others followed suit. If that nut
gets set too tight -- and it's easily diddled by a user -- it damages
the mill. I have one mill that I bought around 1952, when most people
who saw it asked what it was for. It's ugly now, but it still works
fine. Look for a mill whose fill cap is not the grind adjuster. There
are some. The Perfex aluminum mills are examples. The cheapest I know
is Ikea's glass one with the ceramic mechanism on top, so it doesn't
leak when it's put down.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
 
On May 2, 7:22?am, Janet wrote:

I have a manual one-hander that looks like a lighthouse. To use it,
one holds it with the fingers and pumps the "lantern" up and down with
the thumb. (Good exercise!) I like it for boiled eggs eaten out of the
shell but not much else. I gave one to an acquaintance who had one
prosthetic arm.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
 
On May 2, 9:46?am, Jerry Avins wrote:

Holy Toledo! I just saw the price of a Perfex mill. I paid about $8
for mine. If I need another one, I'll get an Ikea 635 spice mill. It
holds its setting and grinds salt without corroding. It's plastic and
stainless except got the actual milling parts, which are ceramic. Also
available are wxtra bottom jars (with covers) do the grinding head can
be transfered from spice jar to spice jar. It's no work of art, but
completely functional. I occasionally have it on my dining-room table.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
 
On May 2, 12:36?pm, "Nunya Bidnits" wrote:

When I need as much as half a teaspoon, I use a brass mortar and
pestle. It's faster than grinding. Although pounding brings out a much
stronger aroma than grinding, I don't think it affects flavor much. A
teaspoon of peppercorns makes a teaspoon of "ground" pepper.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can
get.
 
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