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Default Large Spice Grinder

On Tue, 17 May 2016 10:38:20 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>W wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a large spice grinder that can be used to reduce large
>> quantities of pepper down to a very fine powder. I have a small spice
>> grinder that does a great job of this but I need to scale up the amount it
>> can do at once.
>>
>> Most large food processors are too coarse and do not get a fine grind on
>> anything.
>>
>> Is there a smaller food processor that has the ability to reduce a spice
>> down to a fine powder?

>
>Buy a good coffee grinder. I have a Krups. It will hold a decent
>amount of whatever. I used it for many years to powder dried pet food.
>It will work well for spices too. It *will* powder your pepper...just
>run it for a longer time until it's right.
>
>I did buy a small Ninja Express Chop as a backup. It does a decent job
>too. Beware the blades on that one. Sharpest things I've ever tried to
>clean. Cut my finger twice just trying to clean it, the one time I
>tried it out.


toss a soft piece of bread in the coffee grinder and give it a spin.
That should scrub off most everything. You should be able to get by
with a warm water and liquid soap with the Ninja.
Janet US