You're making this up, right?


"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
om...
> h wrote:
> > Anyone know who invented the pepper mill, and when?
>
> Omar Bestijian in about 1750. He was a trader in the middle east and was
> looking for ways of getting better use of the popular spices. One account
> of his life says he was a blacksmith. In their day, blacksmiths wee often
> called upon to do all sorts of metal work so he had knowledge of
mechanical
> devices. The original grinders had a handle on them, not the twist top
that
> is so popular today.
>
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