Whole Spices

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I just purchased some whole nutmeg and allspice. How do I grind them

into powder?

 

Take care,

 

Tar

[Guest guest]

A coffee grinder works great.

 

 

[Guest guest]

The nutmegs will be a little big for the coffee grinder unless you whack them

with a hammer first :-). I love the coffee grinder for a lot of spices, and

keep a separate one just for spices. Another for coffee, and another for

resins and incense making ingredients (non-foods, I guess you could say).

 

There are nutmeg graters on the market, or use the smallest screen on a

cheese grater - that works too. Just grate off what you need and leave the

nutmeg

as whole as possible for next time. That works well for cinnamon sticks too.

 

Tina

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[Guest guest]

You can get a special grinder for the nutmeg; they're pretty cheap at most

kitchen specialty shops. It looks like a tiny cheese grater.

 

The allspice grinds down in a coffee grinder very easily, just be careful

not to use coffee in it again, unless you want it tasting like allspice!

 

Hope that helps,

 

Rebecca

www.sagelivingllc.com

[Guest guest]

Tar,

 

I grind the allspice in a dedicated pepper grinder. I grate nutmeg on my

microplane grater or on the smaller holes of my regular grater, or sometimes

I just scratch a sharp knife across it depending upon how much I desire.

Good cooking,

Carol