[Sca-cooks] coffee mills, was: galangale

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

Sayyida Halima al-Shafi'i of Raven's Cove wrote:

> I use (and sell) dried slices of galangale root and have no trouble 
> powdering it.  I put the slices into a Braun coffee mill and whizz it 
> up.  I then put it through a sifter and am left with a very fine 
> powder with which to flavor galantynes or anything else.


Speaking of using coffee mills for grinding spices, how do ya'll 
effectively clean your coffee/spice mills?  Obviously, I can't really 
put mine in the dishwasher.  It has so many hard to reach places around 
and under the blades that I never feel it's effectively clean.  Not that 
it's a germ hazard, but I really don't want my cinnamon to taste like 
cumin and vice versa.

-Magdalena vander Brugghe

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Tara Sersen Boroson

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