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For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt. With pepper it i
by hosteur 3y ago
For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt.
With pepper it is about freshly releases aromatics.
- GrooveSAN 3y agoI’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run. Sooner or later, salt is aggregating and turning even the more resistant parts into rust. I was recently planning to get back to a regular pestle/mortar setup after yet another costly failure. Did you manage to find a way to work this around?
- sgtnoodle 3y agoWhat timescale are you talking about? I have a William Sonoma salt grinder, as well as one that my friend made for me. They're both about 5 years old. As far as I know there's no significant deterioration on either one. The grinding surfaces are ceramic.
- czechdeveloper 3y agoI use ceramic grinder. No corrosion possible.
- vladvasiliu 3y ago> I’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run There are ceramic grinders now. I'd expect those to not rust, but I don't know how long they stay sharp.
- erikpukinskis 3y agoYou can make ceramics harder than the hardest steel so staying sharp shouldn’t be a problem.
- carlmr 3y agoI've had ceramic salt grinders for years now. Anecdotally you're right, never thought about replacing them.
- phito 3y agoI've had a fully plastic one for about 5 years
- karakot 3y agoDelivering microplastics right into the food since 19xx.
- heeen2 3y agowe use a cheap ikea grinder, it has ceramic burrs and has undergone countless refills and dishwasher cycles.
- epcoa 3y agoIt’s easy enough in the US to just buy fine grained salt.
- sgtnoodle 3y agoA coffee grinder will quickly make a lot of really fine salt. I do that when I need to heat treat 3D printed parts to improve their material strength. You pack the part into fine salt, bake it at the original extrusion temperature, then slowly let it cool down. The plastic liquefies, and the packed salt holds its shape.
- redox99 3y agoThat'll probably really fuck up a coffee grinder, so make sure you don't use it for coffee.
- epcoa 3y agoI would assume they are talking about a blade "coffee" grinder, which is ironically terrible for coffee.
- galangalalgol 3y agoIf you want a really fine grind in a hurry you can use one and get ok results. You have to let it rest every 30s or so to cool down or it heats the grounds too much. I liked to shake it while grinding too. It isn't quite Turkish grind and there are a few large pieces that won't get full extraction, but if you want really fast extraction (or fast intentional over extraction) it works.
- sgtnoodle 3y agoYeah, a blade coffee grinder. For sure don't run salt through your expensive burr grinder!
- ClumsyPilot 3y agowhy would it fuck up a coffee grinder?