On 2016-02-23 3:57 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> Obviously, you got a better grinder or you got a lot more patience than
> I or you have one powerful wrist. Does that matter? Would you be able to
> tell whether or not I used fresh ground in a stew? Of course you
> wouldn't. Would you be able to tell if it were on eggs or a salad. I
> should hope so. In these and certain other cases, fresh ground makes sense.
>
> You're certainly welcome to grind away if it makes you feel better, or
> special - I won't do it. I'm far too practical a guy and don't have the
> time, patience, or wrist.

There are some things for which I always grind pepper because it
definitely tastes better. There are other things in which the freshly
ground pepper is not an essential. I use ground pepper in burgers, meat
loaf, sprinkle it on chickens and other roasts.