/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14595103
They're definitely worth it.

>>14595103
It is much better. Don't buy those though, get a pepper grinder and a seperate bag of peppercorns and just refill it.

and now you go and buy a fucking Peugeot peppermill so that you gain some class
do it, they have a lifetime guarantee

>>14595122
>4channel
>class
I literally spit my black coffee all over the place

>>14595103
it's legitimately better
>>14595122
>>14595134
LMAO

>>14595103
worth it
but dont buy these (((mccormick))) ones, you'll have better value buying a grinder and pepper separately like from an asian mart or something

it's fucking stupid. definitely a meme. Just think, when was the last time someone told you to grind salt? oh, no problem using kosher salt from a box, but with pepper it loses flavor and essence if it's pre-ground? Gimme a freakin' break!

>>14595389
this made me giggle

>>14595389
are you really considering a dried fruit filled with oils and flavour compounds to be the same as a literal fucking rock?

I miss when pepper was just pepper I don't want white pepper in it. Out of these two kinds in my pic I don't care for either. I want that pure black pepper good good where do I get that

>>14595399
at the store, do you not have access to a bag of just black peppercorns

>>14595398
God damn, salt is a mineral, Marie!

>>14595403
They only sell them mixed

>>14595406
and what do you think rocks are, Susan?

>>14595407
What kind of shitty store doesn't sell black peppercorns?

>>14595407
>they

>>14595434
lemme guess, theres some study saying red peppercorns have higher estrogen or some shit?

>>14595438
He probably means that the mixed peppercorn medley costs more per ounce. A perceived luxury that nobody asked for, but they're making a killing off of.

1000% worth it
as mentioned by others, buy a proper pepper mill and just refill it as you need

>>14595122

OXO pepper mill is so much better than this kind. It holds more and is easier to grind.

>>14595103
>Are pepper grinders a meme, or are they worth it over pre ground pepper?
Not a meme. They're better. The disposable upside down grinder in your picture, though, may not be the best if you are comparing a real grinder to preground, though. I've always thought they seemed a bit loose on top, making the grounds stale.

A nice grinder is adjustable screw on top style or even battery operated or manual, letting you change a tightness of the grinder blades to grind fine to coarse in a spectrum; fine for table service and finished food, coarse for marinades and rubs to pronounced crusts on meats. It's also good to have whole peppercorns in your house for stocks and broth making, pickling, etc. One only has to taste test side by side to feel the extra burn-like bite in fresh ground versus stale. I'd suggest the pic you have only like when you're camping, vacationing, or a desk at work for like caesar salad takeout. They are probably only made for restaurant caesar salad so waiters aren't bothered getting the real grinders and customers don't wait.

>>14595103
Get the Unicorn and launch thick hot ropes of pepper all over your food.

>>14595493
This
I bought this for 30 bucks and a bag of tellicherry peppercorns for 7 bucks and I've had fantastic pepper on basically everything I've cooked in the last year

>>14595399
The only difference between black and white pepper is the white has had the outer hull removed. Go look in your pepper can, it's a mix of tiny black and white specks.
>ruins your day

>>14595134
>>14595122
>class

>>14595479
>OXO pepper mill
>$11.99
And saves you over $40. To be fair though, the whole point of the expensive ones is to brag without speaking. OP's picture is perfectly servicable for day to day and can be purchased at a dollar tree. For a formal, place setting dinner, a nice $15-$25 one is fine. But there will always be nouveau riche, style fags whose persona is solely based on what they own.
Anyone with a $1000 lalique pepper grinder is Image obsessed, and likely is soon parted from their money.

>>14595103
> pre ground pepper

>>14595493
Made for BBPG

What's the difference when your whole peppercorns aren't fresh anyway or have even been sitting on your counter for months/years?

>>14595547
Wrongo. White pepper has been allowed to mature more and are more bitter

>>14595897
good question.

>>14595438
the joke is that mixed peppercorns is like mixing races

Julia Childs says Pepper is only good about ten minutes after it's been ground, and I trust Julia Childs over any of you faggots.

>>14595897
More surface area = faster breakdown. Leaving peppercorns whole will keep them fresher longer. That being said, if all your spices are McCormick it's probably not going to make that much of a difference. You're better off getting spices from a reputable specialty shop and buying your own peppermill and grinder (or mortar and pestle).

>>14595122
Why do they need to be different sizes? Is it only depending on how much pepper you use or is the taller one better in some way?

>>14595399
I don't understand you. What are you on about anon? Those doesn't even seem to be different kinds of pepper. 5hey are both black pepper

>>14595103

They are 110% worth it. Pre ground black pepper has like no taste. Grind the peppercorns before eating and you get to enjoy the full flavor.

>>14595103
Not the one in your picture, a real pepper grinder.

Freshly ground pepper tastes better, there's aroma and flavor you miss out with the pre ground stuff.

Also just by the way, don't buy shredded cheese, grate it yourself.
Shredded cheese is coated with cellulose and other ingredients to keep it from clumping up in the bag.
Because of this, the taste and the way it melts is completely different AND inferior to shredding your own cheese.

>>14596163
You have to choose yours depending on the size of your dicks. It's a matter of harmony.

>>14596269

The only difference between the one in OP's pic and a normal pepper grinder is that a normal one is refillable.

Right on with the shredded cheese, though. If anything it is just best to get blocks/wheels of cheese, a grater, and a cheese slicer.

>>14595122
>can't even season your beans without acknowledging BBC
never going to make it

>>14595103
Yes worth it.
Ideally you'd want to get a proper mill and peppercorns, but even those prepackaged ones are going to be better than the preground stuff

>>14595103
my experience with these vs pre-ground pepper is at least these ones, when you tip them over a pan while cooking, or a steaming hot plate of food, won't let a bunch of moisture into the container which makes pre-ground pepper clump up and does god knows what to the flavor. this wouldn't happen with a normal pepper mill either.

the clumping does happen in the mccormick salt grinders tho especially when they're nearly empty.

>>14595399
For a while I was into grinding my own pepper because I thought I was the shit. But then my grandfather died and one of my favourite memories was his Irish stew and his poached eggs on toast. Both dishes he finished off by sprinkling a dusting of ground black pepper over the top before serving. So I went back to ground pepper and never looked back.

>>14595406
who is Mariel?

I really like big chunks of pepper, and freshly ground pepper seems to pack a bit more of a punch

Preground is garbage

are schezuan peppercorns worth putting in a grinder?

>>14598269
don't see why not

>>14598269
Sure, if you wanna get the shits.

>>14598269
>lemony tinglespice that is neither hot nor pungent
No.