grinders for dehydrated stuff

[Guest guest]

Marilyn or anyone else who does this,

What brand/kind of grinder do you use to grind your ground onion and

garlic or any other dried foods into powder? I know some use little

coffee grinders, but I haven't been pleased. I have a large grinder,

but it does not really grind it fine enough.

Bonita

[Guest guest]

At 08:12 PM 9/29/2007, you wrote:

>What brand/kind of grinder do you use to grind

>your ground onion and garlic or any other dried

>foods into powder? I know some use little coffee

>grinders, but I haven't been pleased. I have a

>large grinder, but it does not really grind it fine enough.

Bonita,

I toss my dry onion or garlic in my 30 year old

Oster blender. Put the lid on and hold it, then

blend at the highest speed. Stop. Dump into a

strainer and shake until all you have left are

pieces too big to go through. Dump back into blender. Whirl again. Repeat.

OR:

Sift out as much powder as you can for onion

powder, and use the smaller bits as dried minced

onion or garlic. Saves anxiety....

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Thanks. Pretty close to what I do except I have burned up more blenders in my

17 years of marraige than you can imagine. I finally bought a really nice

expensive one and a specialty kitchen place and burned it up in 2 weeks. I

think I may just have to buy Walmart cheapies and replace them often. I was

hoping you had a great secret.

Bonita

Re: grinders for dehydrated stuff

At 08:12 PM 9/29/2007, you wrote:

>What brand/kind of grinder do you use to grind

>your ground onion and garlic or any other dried

>foods into powder? I know some use little coffee

>grinders, but I haven't been pleased. I have a

>large grinder, but it does not really grind it fine enough.

Bonita,

I toss my dry onion or garlic in my 30 year old

Oster blender. Put the lid on and hold it, then

blend at the highest speed. Stop. Dump into a

strainer and shake until all you have left are

pieces too big to go through. Dump back into blender. Whirl again. Repeat.

OR:

Sift out as much powder as you can for onion

powder, and use the smaller bits as dried minced

onion or garlic. Saves anxiety....

- Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 10:08 PM 11/3/2007, you wrote:

>Thanks. Pretty close to what I do except I have

>burned up more blenders in my 17 years of

>marraige than you can imagine. I finally bought

>a really nice expensive one and a specialty

>kitchen place and burned it up in 2 weeks. I

>think I may just have to buy Walmart cheapies

>and replace them often. I was hoping you had a great secret.

Bonita,

Well, I have to admit that my 30 year old Oster

is laboring under the last six years of SCD, and

is due for an honorable retirement. I'm torn. Do

I want a food processor? (I don't own one, so

anyone who thinks you have to have one to do SCD

is nuts!) Do I want a Vitamix? (Do I need

something that powerful?) Do I want a fancy

sausage and jerky extruder? Do I want....?

Well, you get the picture. And Christmas is

approaching fast so I better make sure SOMETHING is on my list!

Not a lot of great secrets in my kitchen, I'm

afraid. Just more of the same things the parents

on this list exhibit every day: sheer stubbornness and dogged determination!

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund