screened to a powder : Herbs

Drew Cutter so bravely stated:

Quoted message said:

What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment do
you need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

I use an clean old coffee grinder which will make it as fine as you
want. But for some things, open it down wind outside or you could close
down your sinues, say like cayenne pepper.

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Quoted message said:

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Drew Cutter said:

What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment do
you need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=jrrmdoe4
http://shop.grasscity.com/shop/grasscity/acc256.html

OK, so I snuck in that last one. But it works for real herbs,
too.

-sw

Drew Cutter said:

What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment do you
need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

Maybe you need one of these:

http://www.buy-herb-grinders.com/index.htm

The pollenators contain a grinding mechanism and a screen (available with
different fineness) for making a powder.

These grinders can be found in a pot shop* and are used to make hash*.

*Note:

A pot shop is not a place where you might get cookware, such as The Pot Shop of
Boston.
Hash is not something you ordinarily eat, it's something you smoke.

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

wff_ng_7 said:

Drew Cutter said:

What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment
do you need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

Maybe you need one of these:

http://www.buy-herb-grinders.com/index.htm

The pollenators contain a grinding mechanism and a screen (available
with different fineness) for making a powder.

These grinders can be found in a pot shop* and are used to make hash*.

*Note:

A pot shop is not a place where you might get cookware, such as The Pot
Shop of Boston.
Hash is not something you ordinarily eat, it's something you smoke.

Would Krups grinder work ?

Drew Cutter said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Drew Cutter said:

What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment do you
need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

Maybe you need one of these:

http://www.buy-herb-grinders.com/index.htm

The pollenators contain a grinding mechanism and a screen (available with
different fineness) for making a powder.

These grinders can be found in a pot shop* and are used to make hash*.

*Note:

A pot shop is not a place where you might get cookware, such as The Pot Shop
of Boston.
Hash is not something you ordinarily eat, it's something you smoke.

Would Krups grinder work ?

I presume you mean a Krups blade coffee grinder. I believe that's what one of
the other posters mentioned (though not a brand). I don't have one myself, but
I'd think one would work fine. Here's a link to one of the Krups models and it
mentions using it on spices:

http://www.krupsusa.com/All+Products/Coffee+Grinders/Products/F203/F203.htm

No one has mentioned this yet, but to get a powder, you have to dry the herbs
first. I'm pretty sure you can mince fresh herbs in the Krups grinder, but of
course you won't end up with a powder.

If I need things ground fine, I use a mortar and pestle.

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

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Quoted message said:

Drew Cutter said:

wff_ng_7 said:

"Drew Cutter" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment
> do you need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

Maybe you need one of these:

http://www.buy-herb-grinders.com/index.htm

The pollenators contain a grinding mechanism and a screen (available
with different fineness) for making a powder.

These grinders can be found in a pot shop* and are used to make hash*.

*Note:

A pot shop is not a place where you might get cookware, such as The Pot
Shop of Boston.
Hash is not something you ordinarily eat, it's something you smoke.

Would Krups grinder work ?

I presume you mean a Krups blade coffee grinder. I believe that's what one
of the other posters mentioned (though not a brand). I don't have one
myself, but I'd think one would work fine. Here's a link to one of the
Krups models and it mentions using it on spices:

http://www.krupsusa.com/All+Products/Coffee+Grinders/Products/F203/F203.htm

No one has mentioned this yet, but to get a powder, you have to dry the
herbs first. I'm pretty sure you can mince fresh herbs in the Krups
grinder, but of course you won't end up with a powder.

If I need things ground fine, I use a mortar and pestle.

If salt is a part of the recipe, you may want to consider adding the salt to
the mortar bowl. It works like an abrasive & helps mash up the wet or dry
herb. Don't smoke the salt mixture though...
Edrena

wff_ng_7 said:

Drew Cutter said:

wff_ng_7 said:

"Drew Cutter" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What
> equipment do you need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

Maybe you need one of these:

http://www.buy-herb-grinders.com/index.htm

The pollenators contain a grinding mechanism and a screen (available
with different fineness) for making a powder.

These grinders can be found in a pot shop* and are used to make hash*.

*Note:

A pot shop is not a place where you might get cookware, such as The
Pot Shop of Boston.
Hash is not something you ordinarily eat, it's something you smoke.

Would Krups grinder work ?

I presume you mean a Krups blade coffee grinder. I believe that's what
one of the other posters mentioned (though not a brand). I don't have
one myself, but I'd think one would work fine. Here's a link to one of
the Krups models and it mentions using it on spices:

http://www.krupsusa.com/All+Products/Coffee+Grinders/Products/F203/F203.htm

No one has mentioned this yet, but to get a powder, you have to dry the
herbs first. I'm pretty sure you can mince fresh herbs in the Krups
grinder, but of course you won't end up with a powder.

If I need things ground fine, I use a mortar and pestle.

i was looking at a smaller Krups. But is the power of motor important ?
If so , thanks for pointing out the correct model to get. What are the
different ways of getting powder if any ?

Steve Wertz said:

Drew Cutter said:

What does screened to a powder mean for garden herbs ? What equipment do
you need to convert your herbs to a powder ?

http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=jrrmdoe4
http://shop.grasscity.com/shop/grasscity/acc256.html

OK, so I snuck in that last one. But it works for real herbs,
too.

-sw

LOL. I enjoyed reading the comments on that one. I've always heard
that what they called kief was called crem. Either way it would spice
up brownies I think. But for real cooking I would imagine that since
the "tool" separates the stems it would actually work quite well.
Grasscity seems to be pretty greedy though. You can buy them for
about 12 bucks including shipping on eBay.

Lou