OT....sort of.....how to grind spices.....

GenesGrill · July 2010

I have a recipe that calls for ground celery seed and ground bay leaf, neither of which I can find at the grocery store. If I can find the regular (unground) celery seed and bay leaves, what is the best way to ground them?? Thanks!

fishlessman · July 2010

mortar and pestle, coffee grinder, maybe between two firebricks

Richard Fl · July 2010

Ditto fishlessman. I also use a Krups coffee grinder and when done run some uncooked rice thru it and back to coffee.

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Village Idiot · July 2010

I also use a coffee grinder, and it works great. However, I dedicated it to spices only after my first cup of cumin coffee.

Focker · July 2010

A Mr. Coffee coffee grinder works great. You can find them for around $20. It has three grind settings fine, medium, and coarse. A simple trick is to grind rice for cleaning inbetween spices.

BigGreenDon · July 2010

A coffee grinder for spice processing is very handy to have around.

I know of one pitmaster with 5 GCs so far this year who post-seasons his BBQ by using a coffee grinder to finely grind his rub so that he can put it in a salt shaker. This way, if he feels his meat needs a bit more seasoning, he can kick it up without adding the gritty texture from adding rub after the fact.

Don

gdenby · July 2010

The bay leaf you can just chop up finely with a knife, or even vrumble in your fingers. If you don't want to buy a grinder (altho there are hand powered ones for about $10, I've got 4), you can fake a mortar and pestle by pressing seed between two table spoons if you only need a little.

Gator Bait · July 2010

Cuisinart Spice & Nut Grinder

OT....sort of.....how to grind spices.....

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