Have you ever found yourself in a pinch in the kitchen when realizing that you just don’t have the equipment necessary to grind peppercorns? Well, believe it or not, there’s something in your kitchen that you probably already have that will solve the dilemma.
More than once we’ve been given the unpleasant surprise that the container of peppercorns that we had bought at the store were not contained in a jar that also had a grinder attached. While we now have a mortar and pestle, which can solve dilemmas in a pinch, we weren’t quite sure how to fix this situation in the past.
However, if you have an old black pepper container that contains a grinder, it’s actually amazingly simple!
While it might seem that the grinder lids on these containers cannot be removed, there is actually a trick that will allow you to pop them right up and deposit your new peppercorns into them.
Simply by heating up the lid, either with the help of a hairdryer or by dipping it into a bowl of hot water. This will loosen up the lid, and with just a little bit of muscle, you can pop it right off!
Wasn’t that easy?
