Salt and pepper gadget?
My husband and I got his cool salt and pepper grinder from bed bath and beyond. There is sea salt on one side and peppercorns on the other. Instead of twisting it like a pepper mill, you squeeze the top and pepper comes out the bottom. It’s this:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13571180
You have to squeeze it 77 times to get a teaspoon of pepper. But the salt comes out fine. Is it defective or are they supposed to be this crappy? It was $25 so I don’t want to just throw it away.
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4 comments a "Salt and pepper gadget?"
go back 2 the store and ask 4 another set
It’s either defective, or it’s just a bad invention…If you really like the idea I’d go to store get the clerk to open another one and see if there is a difference in the # of squeezes, if there isn’t return it if there is exchange it……….
I believe I have the same grinder combo from Bed bath and beyond… on mine it was the same issue, but look at the bottom, there should be a knob that will let you adjust the coursesness of the grind. Adjusting this will increase how much comes out. Hope this helps…
Those type of pepper grinders never work that well for the reason you discovered – takes too much effort for too little pepper.
Really, those old tower style with an adjustable grinding mechanism are STILL the best. Don’t get one of those ridiculously tall ones – just one that’s about 8″-10″ tall is just fine.
If you need a LOT of black pepper and are a bit of a mad scientist, you can connect the pepper mill to one of those cordless screwdriver/drills like Alton Brown did in that episode of Good Eats he did about black peppercorns.
(insert gleeful, maniacal laughter here)
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