My Pepper Grinder

By Bruce Shawkey


I have ground my own pepper for a number of years. My first grinder was a short device, hand cranked of course.

Recently, I replaced my hand-cranked grinder with a battery-operated one. I can't tell you how this $8 device has added joy to my life. I can now effortlessly pepper my food with the touch of a button.

The benefits of fresh ground pepper have long been extolled by amateur and professional chefs. A typical example can be found in the "Good and Cheap" cookbook by LeAnne Brown:

BUY A PEPPER GRINDER Seriously, banish pre-ground pepper from your life; it loses all flavor when it sits around. Fresh pepper creates pops of intense flavor on the tongue and lights up bland dishes. One of the most popular dishes in Rome is just pasta with butter and pepper: give it a try! 

There you have it. Even cheapskate cooks advocate the use of fresh-ground pepper!



                                                                                 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dawn Photos Over the Years

Image
 Cutlines as needed. Produced from slides that Dad shot from 35mm camera. Mom at age 40 with baby Dawn Dawn with Karen at her wedding with Curt Dawn with big brother Bruce Dawn on the fire escape at 639                                                                                            East Johnson Street Dawn with Mom at baptism Dawn with babysitter Mandy, who worked at Mel's Diner   Dawn with Mom and Bruce, possibly at Knott's Berry Farm                                                   Dawn and Bruce at Grandma and Grandpa's house Dawn and Bruce at S...
Read more

Burgers and Fries

Image
 By Bruce Shawkey What's more American than hamburgers and fries, or a "burgerfry" as I call it when I'm hungry for a fix. I'm pretty sure this "mashup" is my own invention, because a Google search of the term turns up nothing.      Anyway, I found this interesting book stored on the Internet Archive. Turns out hamburgers have a long and storied history, much of it occurring beyond the shores of America. Thirteenth-century warlord Genghis Khan and his fierce cavalry may have invented the hamburger.      According to a number of sources, the Mongol leader and his members of the Golden Horde rarely left their mounts. Since the army required food that could be eaten while galloping, warriors stored raw mutton scraps in the gap between the horse's flank and the saddle.       After a morning of traversing rough terrain, tough meat became tenderized and more or less chopped up. All a hungry warrior need do was reach beneath his saddl...
Read more