Quoting from message >
posted on 22 Sep 2004 by Polyvinyl
I would like to add:

>
> "bugbear" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm buying a birthday gift for a friend
> > who likes making Mexican and Indian food.
> >
> > I though I'd get him an electric
> > spice grinder.
> >
> > Since there don't appear to be any
> > spice grinder per se, a small coffee grinder
> > seems to be the standard solution.
> >
> > So; does anybody have any
> > preferances/recommendations, available in the UK?
> >
> > I'm aiming to spend up to 30 pounds.
> >
> > BugBear
>
> 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!

Agreed, since spices should be freshly ground (but if you're using them daily
then sufficient for a few days can be ground at the sme time and stored).

Typhoon's cast iron range are very good and even make grinding cloves
relatively easy.

> have you tried uk.food+drink.indian for alternative viewpoints?

It has been discussed more than once but it won't harm to post the query
as ufdi is not a heavy traffic group.

(sorry the topic is not on the website)

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