On Tue 26 Jul 2005 11:01:04a, tert in seattle wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> writes:
>>On Tue 26 Jul 2005 12:38:44a, Monsur Fromage du Pollet wrote in
>>rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote on 26 Jul 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>>>
>>>> I have no idea how much it produces per minute. It does take a
>>>> while to grind a pound or two, but I feel it's worth it. I don't
>>>> know how much 1000g is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 2.2 lbs it is 1 kilogram
>>> Poppy Seeds are hard to do...takes a special mill because of their
>>> small size. A regular grain mill won't do the job...Neither will a
>>> coffee grinder or food processor.
>>> Better flavour is achieved when they're only crushed not actually
>>> ground. There all my knowledge of poppyseeds.
>>>
>>
>>True, Alan. The manual mill in the first picture is just like mine and
>>it does a perfect job of it. I'm very skeptical of the electric mill in
>>the second picture.
>>
>>I remember back in the 50s and 60s, most of the supermarkets in the
>>Cleveland, OH area had large electric poppyseed mills. Poppyseed was
>>relatively inexpensive in those days and with the large populations of
>>Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, etc., there was a huge demand for fresh
>>ground poppyseed.
>
>
> Thanks Wayne. Sorry about getting all metric on you -- I saw somewhere,
> not sure where now, that someone said it takes 1 minute to grind 50 g
> (1-3/4 oz.) of poppyseeds with this thing. So for my 1000g at that
> rate it would take half an hour. I know there are worse things to be
> doing for 30 minutes straight such as watching Oprah but it seems like I
> should be using another device if that is the case. Or I could connect
> it to a motor.
>
> fyi check this out:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
Those are great conversion charts! thank you.
As a matter of curiosity, here is a motorized commercial poppyseed
grinder, the sort that I used to see in stores.
http://www.mahlkonig.com/index.html?...es/op-em43.htm
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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