[Sca-cooks] coffee mills, was: galangale

[Heleen Greenwald]

We have a coffee grinder and a spice grinder. I use my spice grinder mainly for Indian cooking. I clean the grinder each time with a dry brush and then I leave the lid off for a few hours to air out. But it always still smells vaguely like Indian food.  In the past, I've ground a bit of dry rice in the container after using it (and before cleaning it, but I don;t think it works 100%.  Any more suggestions to nutralize the smell?  
Phillipa

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Avraham haRofeh of Sudentur 
  NONONO! You do NOT want to use one grinder for both, even minimally! You
  *WILL* cross-contaminate your flavors, no matter how well you clean it.