Salt and pepper gadget?!
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product....
You have to squeeze it 77 times to get a teaspoon of pepper. But the salt comes out fine. Is it defective or are they supposed to be this crappy? It was $25 so I don't want to just throw it away.
Answers: My husband and I got his cool salt and pepper grinder from bed bath and beyond. There is sea salt on one side and peppercorns on the other. Instead of twisting it like a pepper mill, you squeeze the top and pepper comes out the bottom. It's this:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product....
You have to squeeze it 77 times to get a teaspoon of pepper. But the salt comes out fine. Is it defective or are they supposed to be this crappy? It was $25 so I don't want to just throw it away.
I believe I have the same grinder combo from Bed bath and beyond... on mine it was the same issue, but look at the bottom, there should be a knob that will let you adjust the coursesness of the grind. Adjusting this will increase how much comes out. Hope this helps...
go back 2 the store and ask 4 another set
It's either defective, or it's just a bad invention...If you really like the idea I'd go to store get the clerk to open another one and see if there is a difference in the # of squeezes, if there isn't return it if there is exchange it..........
Those type of pepper grinders never work that well for the reason you discovered - takes too much effort for too little pepper.
Really, those old tower style with an adjustable grinding mechanism are STILL the best. Don't get one of those ridiculously tall ones - just one that's about 8"-10" tall is just fine.
If you need a LOT of black pepper and are a bit of a mad scientist, you can connect the pepper mill to one of those cordless screwdriver/drills like Alton Brown did in that episode of Good Eats he did about black peppercorns.
(insert gleeful, maniacal laughter here)