"Polyvinyl" of wrote:
my tuppenceworth, as someone who always grinds her own spices, I find that
it is more hassle using an electric grinder and then cleaning it than using
a good old fashioned morter and pestle!
Small coffee grinders do work but are a bugger to clean - especially if you
want to grind coffee as well. They are handy if grinding a lot of spice -
maybe to store but otherwise not worth the bother...

You are right. Since acquiring a really big heavy stone pestle and mortar,
the electric grinder hasn't been used. And the small pestle and mortar can
go in the dishwasher.
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