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Brand:  Peugeot
Purchased:  July 2006
Location:  Sur Le Table
Made in France

What can I say?  The Peugeot company is well known for making gears that grind.  (Pardon, le joke')  This particular pepper mill is made of hard maple, the same kind they make into baseball bats, and it has a pretty decent grinding mechanism.  You fill it by unscrewing a nut and removing the top.  There is a catch at the bottom to keep the grinding gear from coming out when you open the pepper mill.  The nut at the top does dual duty, it holds the grinder together, and it adjusts the consistency and size of the pepper.

Note:  Do not tighten the nut all the way!  It will smash the grinding teeth into the housing and leave no space for the pepper to get through.  The idea is to have a SPACE between the grinder bit and the housing, so the pepper gets crushed between the gears.  You don't want to crush the gears themselves.

Owning a good pepper grinder says that you are serious about cooking.  Its like having a good pair of shoes for work.  You are going to have this thing for 20 years, unless you run it over with your car or something.  Yes, I know that $50 for a pepper grinder is a lot.  Pull yourself together.  People with class and sophistication buy the French pepper grinder.  Repeat after me:  "I deserve a good pepper grinder."



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