I don't want to buy yet another one!

kinkyjinks

I found this advice but have never tried it before, it looks easy and pretty logical. I've got a cheap wooden one that I've had for a few years now but if it packs up I think it's worth trying.

v8monkeyboy

I also have the same problem and the last pepper mill I bought cos over £30:eek: Witihin 2 years it was rubbish, the thread had become useless on the top and it jus wouldn' grind.

TBH the best mill I've found came from Ikea and I use it every day. I also have one in oak I think which I inherited from my paternal grandmother in Denmark and though it still works brilliantly at 50+ years of age, it grinds a little bit too finely for me.

T x

Jnelhams

You need to track down an Atlas about £80.

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midnightraven3 wrote: »

another frustrated pepper mill owner
i have used from the cheap to the ridiculously expensive
nothing works long term

pestle & mortar for me now
easy and no mess

I could have written this post myself.

After killing of numerous pepper (and salt) mills we also now use a pestle and mortar.

VfM4meplse

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

After killing of numerous pepper (and salt) mills we also now use a pestle and mortar.

You would have to be creatively sadistic to kill a pestel and mortar :rotfl:

Mine has survived with near-daily use for over 11 years. It's made of thick wood, with a metallic grinder, and was part of a set with a salt shaker.

As with all my initial kitchen pruchases, I bought it at a knock-down price from Woolworths - £2.99 for the set I think.

sloan

I use an inexpensive one that I bought in a market in Istanbul. You put the peppers in a little drum in the top and the 'grounds' drop into the bottom which you pull off and empty.

sloan

I should have added that I think it is made of brass.

VfM4meplse

sloan wrote: »

I use an inexpensive one that I bought in a market in Istanbul. You put the peppers in a little drum in the top and the 'grounds' drop into the bottom which you pull off and empty.

Can you post a pic when you get a chance?

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

sloan wrote: »

I use an inexpensive one that I bought in a market in Istanbul. You put the peppers in a little drum in the top and the 'grounds' drop into the bottom which you pull off and empty.

I got a couple of those spice grinders about 40 years ago in Turkey,they never wear out.
I still have one on the go in my kitchen and it's as good as new and still grinds perfectly.

GreyQueen

So it's not just me who has a life littered with dead or dying peppermills. This is a constant frustration; I have ones at home which have imprisoned peppercorns inside and won't give up the grindings or open..

Heard from a mate that you want ones with ceramic grinders, not steel, for long life but know no brands.

Pestle and mortar for me from now on.