I just couldn't wait for my own chillies to grow up and make things from them so I bought a handful of chillies from the local big supermarket. Time for a test grind. They were labelled Green Chillies, after seeing them in the bag the checkout girl rung them up as Loose Beans, hehehe half price. I saw the mistake as it happened and said nothing, damn huge supermarket companies they have enough money! If only I had known, I would have bought more.
A year ago we bought a coffee machine which was absolute crap, but it came with a coffee grinder. We returned the machine and kept the grinder and no one noticed. So last week I pulled everything out of the cupboard looking for the darn thing and came up empty.
I told my other half I wanted a coffee and spice grinder for xmas but couldn't wait and risk her getting a dodgy one so I bought one myself. Of course, as soon as I had tested it and dirtied it making a spicy rub I found the old one right at the front of the cupboard where I SWEAR I looked before.
Old one
New one
Really wish I had taken a pic of the Chilies, left them sitting around in a plastic bag for a week and I think they started to go off. I cut them up, put them in the dehydrator and powdered them in the Sunbeam grinder and gradually changed the setting so it was superfine.
It's been ground so fine!! I caught a whiff and it really cleaned out my sinuses too
Doesn't smell too good, like I said I think they had started to go off. A few had started to change from green to red.
I had expected something much coarser, but at least I know it can do the job. The finished powder also clumps together but its not wet. I think it is a static electricity thing.
First powder.
A year ago we bought a coffee machine which was absolute crap, but it came with a coffee grinder. We returned the machine and kept the grinder and no one noticed. So last week I pulled everything out of the cupboard looking for the darn thing and came up empty.
I told my other half I wanted a coffee and spice grinder for xmas but couldn't wait and risk her getting a dodgy one so I bought one myself. Of course, as soon as I had tested it and dirtied it making a spicy rub I found the old one right at the front of the cupboard where I SWEAR I looked before.
Old one
New one
Really wish I had taken a pic of the Chilies, left them sitting around in a plastic bag for a week and I think they started to go off. I cut them up, put them in the dehydrator and powdered them in the Sunbeam grinder and gradually changed the setting so it was superfine.
It's been ground so fine!! I caught a whiff and it really cleaned out my sinuses too
Doesn't smell too good, like I said I think they had started to go off. A few had started to change from green to red.
I had expected something much coarser, but at least I know it can do the job. The finished powder also clumps together but its not wet. I think it is a static electricity thing.
First powder.
