One Grinder or Two?

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

I have about 5. I pick then up at thrift stores or yard sales. The
last one cost $.50
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
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aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

- Keep two (or more). They're cheap.
- To clean, buzz some uncooked rice around in it. Works great.

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Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

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Quoted message said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

Keep two, but clean the spice/herb one by spinning a chunk of bread in it.
You'll want to clean it just so cinnamon doesn't take like rosemary.
Janet

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two?

Those are not grinders, not by any stretch of the imagination, they do
not grind anything. Those thingies are okay to pulverize/powder whole
spices/dried herbs, but they cannot grind coffee or anything else.

Rather than worrying about eliminating the coffee residue (you will not
be using it to grind coffee so the question is moot), instead concern
yourself with cross contamination of various spices/herbs... whereas
there really won't be any humanly detectable cross contamination if the
thingie is brushed out and wiped with a damp towel. You really only
need just one, in fact you don't need any... for the few times one
actually needs to whiz up whole spices a mortar and pestle works
perfectly well, and can be used for fresh herbs as well as dried. Lose
that stupid thing, has far less culinary value than the electric
knife... owning one simply signifies you can't cook and should never be
permitted near a kitchen... and using that abomination to process
coffee beans proves you haven't a clue.

Sheldon

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aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

Personally, I have two. ;-)
The small electric ones are not that expensive.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

The Cook said:

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

I have about 5. I pick then up at thrift stores or yard sales. The
last one cost $.50

What, you have five of those idotic contraptions, then you're
admittedly an imbecile.. the friggin nerve if you to refer to yourself
as a cook, what chuptzah... you most definitely are not any kind of
cook. In fact you are a nothing... less than garbage.. you're a fraud,
nothing you have ever posted or will ever post is the truth. You are
the comsumate liar.

Sheldon

On Wed 07 Dec 2005 11:07:40a, aem wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

Grind some plain white rice until completely pulverized. If you can still
detect a scent of what was previously ground, then repeat it.

I do have two grinders, but still use the above method for cleaning between
vastly different types of spices.

I've never seen any of these types of grinders that could stand up to
washing.

HTH

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Sheldon said:

The Cook said:

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

I have about 5. I pick then up at thrift stores or yard sales. The
last one cost $.50

What, you have five of those idotic contraptions, then you're
admittedly an imbecile.. the friggin nerve if you to refer to yourself
as a cook, what chuptzah... you most definitely are not any kind of
cook. In fact you are a nothing... less than garbage.. you're a fraud,
nothing you have ever posted or will ever post is the truth. You are
the comsumate liar.

<LOL> One of Shecky's more content-free posts. He says he's
"entertaining." I can see how he'd think that. Yeah, the cook really has
"chuptzah." Sheldon, by contrast, has insanity. And doesn't know what
"admittedly" means.

Moron.

Pastorio

The Cook said:

I have about 5. I pick then up at thrift stores or yard sales.
The last one cost $.50

I bought the grandaddy of all whirling blade grinders
on eBay. It's 400W, and has hose barbs for attaching
coolant lines to both the grinding chamber and the
lid on the grinding chamber, which are both cast metal.
I think I paid $30, with shipping.

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

My vote is for a separate grinder for the spices. I stopped grinding my
coffee at the grocery store because I have had too many bags of coffee
ruined after being contaminated with a previous user's flavoured coffees. I
do not like those flavoured coffees. It's bad enough that they use those
artificial flavours in coffee, but that stuff is so potent that it takes
only a small amount of residual grounds in a grinder to ruin several more
batches. Even a running a little through and letting it go to waste
prevents contamination.

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Quoted message said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

Get 2, find one cheap at a yard sale. To remove excess spices, so your
cloves don't contaimnate the coriander, grind raw rice.

--
Peter Aitken

Bob (this one) said:

Sheldon said:

The Cook said:

"aem" wrote:

> Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
> But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
> washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
> for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
> is it better just to have two? -aem

I have about 5. I pick then up at thrift stores or yard sales. The
last one cost $.50

What, you have five of those idotic contraptions, then you're
admittedly an imbecile.. the friggin nerve if you to refer to yourself
as a cook, what chuptzah... you most definitely are not any kind of
cook. In fact you are a nothing... less than garbage.. you're a fraud,
nothing you have ever posted or will ever post is the truth. You are
the comsumate liar.

<LOL> One of Shecky's more content-free posts. He says he's
"entertaining." I can see how he'd think that. Yeah, the cook really has
"chuptzah." Sheldon, by contrast, has insanity. And doesn't know what
"admittedly" means.

Moron.

Pastorio

Shecky is such a dumbass he's too dumb to be an [censored] 😉

Mark Thorson said:

The Cook said:

I have about 5. I pick then up at thrift stores or yard sales.
The last one cost $.50

I bought the grandaddy of all whirling blade grinders
on eBay. It's 400W, and has hose barbs for attaching
coolant lines to both the grinding chamber and the
lid on the grinding chamber, which are both cast metal.
I think I paid $30, with shipping.

Brand? And if you were the one bidding against me I'm going to smack
you silly! Just kidding 🙂 I hope you enjoy your new purchase.

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:14:03 -0500, "Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

<LOL> One of Shecky's more content-free posts. He says he's
"entertaining." I can see how he'd think that. Yeah, the cook really has
"chuptzah." Sheldon, by contrast, has insanity. And doesn't know what
"admittedly" means.

Moron.

He can't help it when he's off his meds. Just wish they would remove
the laptop from the rubber room he lives in.

jim

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one
grinder for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different
uses? Or is it better just to have two? -aem

Take a slice of bread and grind it them wipe it out with a damp cloth or
paper towel. I have 2 but only because both where given to me as gifts. Both
are Braun and new sell for about $18 US.

--

Joe Cilinceon

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Quoted message said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

I guess it depends on the model. I tried to get the coffee smell out of a
grinder, and it was impossible with the one I had. There's really no way to
disassemble the thing for cleaning, and it's not watertight, so if you try
to wash the interior, the water drains through to the electronics.

Donna

Reg said:

Quoted message said:

- To clean, buzz some uncooked rice around in it. Works great.

Thank you! That was my next question. I'd been considering making my own chili
powder and was going to buy a second grinder, but wanted to know how to clean
it out so I could then make garam masala without picking up chili powder
flavors.

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..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

I thought this thread was going to be about someone who was really
hungry and wanted permission to order not one, but two 12-inch
sandwiches!

I;ve always wanted a spice grinder but I' too cheap to buy a
2nd...never run into one at a yard sale...so I use the mortar and
pestlr I got as a christmas gift several years ago. Works okay but I'd
love a grinder for those nights (all of them) when I'm in a hurry.

aem said:

Small coffee grinders also work well for grinding spices and herbs.
But do you get all the residual coffee taste out of them by
washing/wiping them before doing spices? For those who use one grinder
for both tasks, how do you clean them between the different uses? Or
is it better just to have two? -aem

I have two of them for that reason. I don't want herby coffee or
coffee-flavored herbs.

gloria p