Good Grips pepper mill
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:48 pm
My husband the mechanical engineer really loves the Good Grips raison d'etre so I've received several tools as stocking stuffers, even though I have no issues in my hands and even if the item duplicated something I already had. Off the top of my head I can think of a veggie peeler, a box grater and a mandoline, and there could be one or two more. And where are they now? Each got thrown out. The plastic on the box grater broke so it couldn't stand up on its own. The blade on the mandoline dulled on about the fourth head of cabbage, and the peeler blade twirled under pressure--and of course peeling means applying pressure. Not one of those items lasted a year.
So though I'm no fan of the brand though I see many positive mentions here, I bought a GG pepper mill for our new camper van, which we haven't really gone camping in yet because of the cat situation that brought me to Eastern Washington where I'm posting from, because I cannot live without fresh pepper and it was a great size for the galley shelf (short, with a wide non-skid base). The $21 price tag didn't hurt either. That mill was one of the basics I borrowed from the van for the kitchenette here.
And god knows what I'll say a year from now, but right now this is my favorite pepper mill EVER. Beats the Pougeot I paid four times its cost for easily. What I like: it's not picky about what kind of peppercorn you use, tellicherry doesn't clog the grinder (a major problem with Pougeots), it produces a prodigious amount with each twist, and it's five different size settings are truly meaningful. Fine is very fine, and the fifth and coarsest setting produces the best coarse grind I've had from any pepper mill--I generally prefer a coarser grind than some mills are even capable of producing. Also, the setting doesn't drift around with use the way it does on my Pougeot which you have to be very careful about not inadvertently doing.
Heck, for the price and what a good pepper means to me, I could easily consider this guy a disposable and buy a new one every year or two when it wears out (as it should based on my experience)--but hey, maybe I've finally hit the jackpot. Anyway, for now? Highly reccomended.
So though I'm no fan of the brand though I see many positive mentions here, I bought a GG pepper mill for our new camper van, which we haven't really gone camping in yet because of the cat situation that brought me to Eastern Washington where I'm posting from, because I cannot live without fresh pepper and it was a great size for the galley shelf (short, with a wide non-skid base). The $21 price tag didn't hurt either. That mill was one of the basics I borrowed from the van for the kitchenette here.
And god knows what I'll say a year from now, but right now this is my favorite pepper mill EVER. Beats the Pougeot I paid four times its cost for easily. What I like: it's not picky about what kind of peppercorn you use, tellicherry doesn't clog the grinder (a major problem with Pougeots), it produces a prodigious amount with each twist, and it's five different size settings are truly meaningful. Fine is very fine, and the fifth and coarsest setting produces the best coarse grind I've had from any pepper mill--I generally prefer a coarser grind than some mills are even capable of producing. Also, the setting doesn't drift around with use the way it does on my Pougeot which you have to be very careful about not inadvertently doing.
Heck, for the price and what a good pepper means to me, I could easily consider this guy a disposable and buy a new one every year or two when it wears out (as it should based on my experience)--but hey, maybe I've finally hit the jackpot. Anyway, for now? Highly reccomended.