My pepper mill woes are over!

[Jenise]

I've heard about Peugeot pepper mills since forever, but the only ones I've seen are the electric ones, which are too dorky for me, and I will admit I didn't realize that Peugeot made traditional manual grinders.

Saw some at a kitchenwares store in White Rock last week though, and it was love at first sight. And first grind: it does a perfect coarse grind, as good as my Messerschmidt or whatever that German brand is that Penzey's sells, but it holds about three times as much pepper corns so goodbye to the tedium of refilling the darned thing, which would of course inconveniently deplete mid-veryimportanttask, weekly. I won't miss that! The Pougeot is really a joy to use. It glides effortlessly through quite a bit of pepper with each twist, and it looks terrific on the kitchen counter where such culinary neccessities live--there's not much out there for someone like me who craves a no-nonsense kind of modern form. Mine looks just like the one pictured here, except it's 100% stainless where this one's pepper storage area is acrylic.

http://www.chefsresource.com/peugeot-amiens-electric-pepper-mill.html

Indispensable on my table where you will find three - one for peppercorns, one for coarse Brittany sea salt and one for cardamon pods (known as hehl in Hebrew and Arabic) those for sprinkling lightly over coffee made with a French press or over vanilla ice cream.

Best
Rogov

We have one for black and one for white, and I can't remember how long we've had them; decades for sure.

I bought our daughter in law a set of black and stainless Peugeot salt and pepper grinders for Christmas. They have a lovely new black dining set, very modern, and this will look great on their table.

I like the Pepper Mate mills that I found on Amazon. They're stove-ware, not table-ware. They have enough capacity, and the settings range from just about cracked to very fine indeed, and they Keep Their Settings! I have a black one and a white one, filled appropriately.

John

Check out the Magnum pepper and salt mills at www.unicornmills.com. Best I've ever had.

I have two Peugeots and they are much more reliable than the 305 I owned in France.

-mike

Check out the Magnum pepper and salt mills at http://www.unicornmills.com. Best I've ever had.

My choice, too, Ken. They don't look terribly great but they really work well.

[Robin Garr]

it does a perfect coarse grind, as good as my Messerschmidt or whatever that German brand is that Penzey's sells, but it holds about three times as much pepper corns so goodbye to the tedium of refilling the darned thing, which would of course inconveniently deplete mid-veryimportanttask, weekly. I won't miss that!

I almost hate to be the parade-rainer here, but our experience was a move in the exact opposite direction. We burned through about four Peugeots, none of which lasted more than a year before breaking down in one way or another. That's when I bought my first Zazzenhaus (?) from Penzey'e. This must have been 10 or 12 yearst ago. We still have it.

Yeah, I have to refill it often. That's a pain. But to me, it's worth it. I was left with the permanent impression that Peugots are cheap cr@p. YMMV.

I almost hate to be the parade-rainer here, but our experience was a move in the exact opposite direction. We burned through about four Peugeots, none of which lasted more than a year before breaking down in one way or another. That's when I bought my first Zazzenhaus (?) from Penzey'e. This must have been 10 or 12 yearst ago. We still have it. Yeah, I have to refill it often. That's a pain. But to me, it's worth it. I was left with the permanent impression that Peugots are cheap cr@p. YMMV.

We bought our two Peugots in 1965 and have used them daily ever since.

[Robin Garr]

We bought our two Peugots in 1965 and have used them daily ever since.

Two thoughts: We got a string of lemons. Or, it's like a lot of other things that were made very well during the '60s and '70s but then fell victim to next-generation profit-taking in the era of corporate takeovers. "They don't make 'em like they used to"?

All I've got is testimony that Peugeot spoiled its name for us wit a string of poorly made models in the '90s.

[Jenise]

This must have been 10 or 12 yearst ago. We still have it.

Yeah, I have to refill it often. That's a pain. But to me, it's worth it. I was left with the permanent impression that Peugots are cheap cr@p. YMMV.

The holding capacity was annoying but not really the deal breaker. My problem was, blush, that it had all the style of a cuckoo clock. Since my pepper mill is going to live on the countertop, I wanted something sleek and modern. Having gone through what I did to have the kitchen I now have, the pepper mill was the one nagging detail that just didn't fit.

[Robin Garr]

My problem was, blush, that it had all the style of a cuckoo clock.

Ahh, got it! And yes, the Zazzenhaus does have very much the style of a cuckoo clock. We don't use either one as a "display grinder," frankly ...

I use a small brass Turkish grinder for Allspice.