When cooking, I opt,as much as I can afford, for fresh, organic ingredients with as little additivies as possible. So when I read that most pre-crushed peppers have saw dust in them among other things, I started using the whole peppercorns. Only problem is they need to be crushed.
For the past year, I have been talking myself out of buying a salt/pepper mill. Perhaps if they didn’t sell these whole peppers in flimsy grinders I wouldn’t have held off so long. Because the semi-crushed seeds would slip through the grinders and in to my cooking, I'd end up taking an unexpected chomp on a peppercorn. I warned dinner guests of these sneaky whole peppercorns all because I couldn’t get myself to shell out $15 for a good one, $30 for a salt and pepper set. Well, fast forward to a recent visit to my mother-in-law. I somehow mentioned to her about this dilemma and she says, "Oh is that all?” and takes out from her cabinet, a wooden pawn shaped salt/pepper grinder set. The same kind I've been picking up and putting down at the supermarket. ALAS!!!! All that ridiculousness of frugality finally “paid” off!!!!
For the past year, I have been talking myself out of buying a salt/pepper mill. Perhaps if they didn’t sell these whole peppers in flimsy grinders I wouldn’t have held off so long. Because the semi-crushed seeds would slip through the grinders and in to my cooking, I'd end up taking an unexpected chomp on a peppercorn. I warned dinner guests of these sneaky whole peppercorns all because I couldn’t get myself to shell out $15 for a good one, $30 for a salt and pepper set. Well, fast forward to a recent visit to my mother-in-law. I somehow mentioned to her about this dilemma and she says, "Oh is that all?” and takes out from her cabinet, a wooden pawn shaped salt/pepper grinder set. The same kind I've been picking up and putting down at the supermarket. ALAS!!!! All that ridiculousness of frugality finally “paid” off!!!!
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