On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Polyvinyl wrote:

bugbear wrote:

I though I'd get him an electric
spice grinder.

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.

I have a dedicated Krups grinder for spices. The oval one that goes for
around US$20. I have another one, an older model, dedicated to grinding
nuts. I use it daily. I don't grind coffee. And I don't bother to clean
them, though the cover on the one used for nuts does need to be cleaned
once a year.

Don donwiss at panix.com.