Salt & Pepper
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kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
That looks like it could explode at any minute...
no, el jefe
s'alright then
It's just, I didn't THINK I would slag a thread on suburban at all
Kanda
Diving wanker
I have ikea ones that are both exactly the same but you can tell which ones which cos they're clear.
I used to have some much nicer ones but I never got them back from an ex. Come to think of it, he played EQ too.... there's a pattern forming here
Fuck off, he played Wow!
Kanda
Diving wanker
The one they call Rulolan played EQ, I believe. Do you need me to go into the history here?
Ah, ok.. erm.. that one
It's the lifetime guarantee on the mechanism bollocks isn't it? To be fair I've only ever had one grinder stop working, and it wasn't a C&M one.
I've got clear grinders too. Pain in the arse if I'm honest. Mine seem a little more chip resistant than yours but they get greasy, slippery and smeared all too quickly.
I've got clear grinders too. Pain in the arse if I'm honest. Mine seem a little more chip resistant than yours but they get greasy, slippery and smeared all too quickly.
pepper - we've got 4 or 5 grinders I think, providing varying quantities and coarseness (shared house)
salt - one grinder for the table, a big cellar with a little wooden scoop for cooking
salt - one grinder for the table, a big cellar with a little wooden scoop for cooking
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
I want one of those massive wooden ones you get in Italian restaurants. Bet they last years too.
Pain in the arse them things, you end up knocking things out of the way getting to them and then in swinging the comedy sized grinder around the place to the pan. And to be frank, it'd look like overkill in the living room for us - it'd get in the way of the tv for a start.
Large is good, giant not so. In the assorted grinder collection I've got a wooden one that looks perfect. Grinds a bit finely for my tastes but it's got one fatal design flaw - if you pick it up anywhere too high the lid separates from the base, scattering peppercorns everywhere. And on wooden floors those peppercorns roll to all four corners of the room, guaranteeing a crunchtastic few days.
And small grinders are shit too. Work fine, but you need to fill them all too quickly. Which is a dull job at the best of times, but also carries a further scattering risk if you're lazy enough not to find a funnel like me. I keep believing that I'll pour them directly into the grinder and it'll be fine.
clumsy clodAnd small grinders are shit too. Work fine, but you need to fill them all too quickly. Which is a dull job at the best of times, but also carries a further scattering risk if you're lazy enough not to find a funnel like me. I keep believing that I'll pour them directly into the grinder and it'll be fine.
i NEVER spill mine
much
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Wooden grinders with S & P on the top. Pain in the arse to fill up though.
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
I use disposable grinders (from Lidl - only about 80p and you can get them for chilli flakes and garlic too
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moose
like some cat from Japan
Peugeot (yes, bicycle and car company) make excellent mills with guarantees that they actually honour. I have one of those for pepper and a red ceramic pot of Maldon salt flakes for crushing over food with my fingers in the kitchen. We don't have salt on the table.
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Many years ago, I managed to nick one of those from Pizza Express. I was a bit drunk, and as we were leaving my mates were chatting to the waitresses. I put my jacket over it and walked out.
The next day I was wondering why, as I had no use for it.
Mogden
I like tea
Peppercorns are ground several times a week in the mortar and pestle and left there for use unless I wanna bash something else in which case they are transferred to a ramekin. Salt is via a Nigella salt pig filled with lovely Maldon. The only time I use table salt now is when I do me pickled onions and shallots.
We've busted so many grinders now it's just the most economical way to get the good stuff.
We've busted so many grinders now it's just the most economical way to get the good stuff.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
These ones?
They had them for £85 in a shop on Brighton Beach last week. Still too expensive though.
We have a couple of grinders, which are only differentiated by the 'S' stamped on the screw on the top of one of them.
feyr
evil evil monkey!
same ^^^^ . use pepper quite a lot but dont often use salt so it just sits in the tub untill its needed for tequilla
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Pepper in plastic grinder.
Sea salt flakes in a sealed jam container thing - I crush it with my fingers when I sprinkle it.
I'm a salt snob - I can't stand 'normal' salt now
Sea salt flakes in a sealed jam container thing - I crush it with my fingers when I sprinkle it.
I'm a salt snob - I can't stand 'normal' salt now
I'd be careful with that Clyde. Some salt/food ponces did blind taste tests on salt and the standard cheapo variety did surprisingly well, beating Maldon iirc.
What's fairer to say is that Maldon is a great 'finishing' salt for dishes. It's the stuff I tend to add by hand/finger towards the end of cooking - it's got great texture and seems 'softer' in flavour and crunch than other salts. Apart from that I've cheapo salt for salting water and generic stuff, and heavy Portuguese rock salt (cheap from the deli) for use in the grinders.
What's fairer to say is that Maldon is a great 'finishing' salt for dishes. It's the stuff I tend to add by hand/finger towards the end of cooking - it's got great texture and seems 'softer' in flavour and crunch than other salts. Apart from that I've cheapo salt for salting water and generic stuff, and heavy Portuguese rock salt (cheap from the deli) for use in the grinders.
