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From: wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Pepper Grinders
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 10:40:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 10:40:43 1986
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Since the subject of fancy pepper grinders came up in the context of
discussing garlic crushers, I thought it would be a good time to post my
query about this subject: I've been looking in catalogs and in cookery-
supply shops for a good *one-hand* pepper grinder. I've not seen any.

What I figure could be made would be either a battery-powered model,
which you could run simply by pushing a button, or one made with some
sort of slide mechanism, which you would move back and forth with your
thumb, and which would transfer this motion through a gear or cam
arrangement to a regular rotary grinder. 

Has anyone ever seen such a machine? While I want one simply for the
convenience aspects (you can add fresh-ground pepper to what you are cooking 
without having to use both hands and sit down whatever it is you are
holding in your other hand), such a device would be a necessity for
someone who only had one arm and yet wanted to use fresh-ground pepper.
It seems a fairly obvious product, and, in a world where there are
electric flour sifters and little powered whisks, I don't know why one
isn't available.

Regards, Will

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