I want to make a mix of garlic & peppercorns to put through a grinder for table use. Would this product be firm enough to grate with the peppercorns?
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I think so yes, as it is freeze-dried. Actually, that's a good idea and I think I will try it. We live in Reno where it is SUPER dry...so moisture in the air is not a problem here.
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The product is quite dry and will crumble nicely - but I suspect it will powder so quickly the pepper will be an accent to the garlic rather than the garlic being the hint.
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I have both kinds of mortars and pestles, one out of metal and one made of stone. In the stone one I ground up some caraway seeds. It was quite a job. The roughness of the inside helped, but there was still a lot of elbow grease expended. The metal one is too smooth to give you any kind of help. My husband uses the metal one to crush pills. It works very well for this job. The answer to your question is that the metal one would grind grains and nuts, but not well and only with a tremendous amount of work.
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I haven't used it for anything except pepper. But, this seems to be a fairly good quality grinder and the size of the grind can be adjusted which might be useful for different types of spices.
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The resulting ground pepper can be adjusted as coarse or as fine as you want. If your goal with specialty peppercorns is to have the small peppercorns ground as well as the larger ones, then you may want to set it to a finer grind. Either way, the grinding blades will definitely catch both peppercorns.
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Its not totally smooth, it has some ridges, I think it would be fine to use with spice seeds and peppercorns but I have not done that.
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I use it for pepper only and didn't try to grind other stuff, but I presume it's possible.
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I have only used it for grinding dry spices/herbs (and it works very well for this). Cumin seeds, whole dried chiles, sugar into powdered sugar, peppercorns. It's done everything I have needed. I have not ground fresh herbs or garlic and would personally not do so unless someone else tried it with their first. ;)
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The seeds spices would be fine. The cinnamon sticks, probably not. First of all, the length of the fill flap (the clear plastic section seen in the picture) isn't big enough to accommodate the length of the cinnamon stick. Also, I am not sure that the diameter of the sticks would fit into.the bottom of the grinding mechanism. I wouldn't hesitate to put anything the size of peppercorns or smaller through it, though.
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You have to be careful not to set it too coarse or you will ruin the wheel. I suggest you crush a heavy coarse pepper separately.
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I used it to grind whole black peppercorns and it worked well. It grinds well, the only thing is that you cannot really adjust the grinder to have fine grind. Hope this helps :)
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Haven't tried peppercorns, but would guess they would work fine. The chamber is small enough to keep them contained, the grind setting is infinitely adjustable, and a peppercorn has similar texture/hardness of a coffee bean.
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this unit would be too small for peppers. Check Amazon for a larger size that would work better. This grinder is good for small amounts only.
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Just pull the top piece, then unscrew the remaining piece w/the grinder and put in your peppercorns then reassemble. To use invert it then twist the section w/the peppercorns. No messy crumbs on the table from grinding as when you set it upright the grinding piece becomes the top. You should love it! I've given 7 of them for Christmas presents! Enjoy!
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Spices should be ground with a bladed grinder, herbs should be done by hand, and nutmeg should be ground by rasp. So - I wouldn't recommend using this burr grinder as you asked.
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I've used this for my pork shoulder rub and it has several ingredients that are a little thicker than you or I might have imagined, and I haven't experienced any problems. I haven't used mine for just pepper but I don't think you will have any problems.
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I don't think that would work. Stick to coarse salt, peppercorns and small whole spices
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I use it for a combination if crushed red pepper, dried garlic slices, and sea salt. It works well for that.