To get an idea of just how much power lies in a single black peppercorn or mustard seed, try popping one into your mouth and chewing. The peppercorn begins with a tingle and often has the power to turn your cheek numb.

Here are two other ways to achieve coarsely cracked peppercorns, each about the size of a halved whole one. With a good pepper mill such as our winning model, from Cole & Mason, grinding peppercorns to the perfect size for coating steaks or our Pepper-Crusted Beef Tenderloin Roast is easy.

To use your blender as a pepper grinder, pour in at least a quarter cup of whole peppercorns into the bottom of a blender. Pulse the blender, occasionally shaking to ensure the peppercorns are being blended evenly, until the pepper reaches the fineness of grind you’re after.

Cracked black pepper has less surface area so these volatile compounds do not evaporate quickly. Cracked black pepper has a stronger peppery flavor than ground black pepper. The particle-size difference means a difference in texture with cracked black pepper offering a crunchier texture than ground black pepper.

Ground pepper that commonly comes in a can, is exposed to oxidation. When you grind peppercorns in your own pepper mill, you expose the sealed un-oxidized center releasing all of the rich flavor and a variety of benefits. This is why freshly cracked pepper tastes so much better than pepper that has already been ground.

Black pepper is generally considered safe in cooking and as a supplement but may significantly increase the absorption of some drugs and should be used with caution in these cases. However, for most people, spicing up your diet with black pepper is an easy way to add flavor to your meals and reap some health benefits.

There should be no difference in freshness or taste. Salt is salt, and as you said the granule size isn’t important if you’re cooking with it (usually). It matters when you add salt at the table, though, where a finer salt is normally preferred.

There is no use for a salt mill. It has a lot of myths surrounding it, but at the end of the day it’s merely more “trendy” than a regular salt dispenser. All the ones I’ve tried grind the salt much worse than expected, leading to actually using more salt, or disgusting salt chunks.

When pepper is freshly ground, it’s significantly more flavorful than pre-ground pepper. When you grind pepper immediately before eating, the ground pepper has significantly less time to react with the oxygen, which allows it to maintain the flavor components that make it peppery.

There is no culinary benefit to grinding salt fresh, and you’re relying on an inexpensive piece of equipment that’s highly prone to wear and corrosion to produce a consistent texture and size of salt grain.

Coarse Grain Salt Most coarse salts are best used in a grinder, providing an easy way of serving up freshly ground sea salt with all of your meals. Coarse salt tends to be less moisture sensitive than its finer-grained counterparts, so it resists caking and is easily stored.

Sea Salt For Your Home Grinder. Morton Extra Coarse Sea Salt crystals release a burst of delicate gourmet flavor to compliment any dish, and are also good for salt roasting. The large Sea Salt crystals make it easy to refill your grinder at home.

Place Celtic sea salt in mortar (bowl), filling it less than halfway. Hold the mortar firmly in place. Grind the sea salt by applying moderate friction with the pestle in a circular motion. Turn the mortar during the process of grinding to make sure you have ground all of the salt with even consistency.

My Celtic Sea Salt® seems wet. Is that normal? A. Yes, as we say in our motto, “The Secret is in the brine.” The moisture in Celtic Sea Salt® is not just water, but a mineral-rich brine, which is lower in sodium chloride and higher in beneficial minerals and elements.

Naturopaths and other health professionals who acknowledge the benefits of a good quality salt in your diet recommend drinking anywhere from ¼ to a full teaspoon of Celtic Sea Salt in one of your glasses of water each day in addition to adding Celtic Sea Salt in your cooking and garnishing your food.

Celtic Sea Salt® Brand Electrolyte Powder contains all six primary electrolytes. The quantities and ratios of these six electrolytes are designed to charge our body battery. Contains all six primary electrolytes: sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, sulfate and phosphate.

High in minerals – Sea salt has 84 traces of minerals. Electrolytes – Sea salt is high in Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, and Sodium. These minerals are key for muscle, brain, and heart health.