I dried my habs for a couple days, finished them in the oven and powdered them in a coffee grinder after they cooled. They were very dry, and it worked just fine. And when I was done, I used a piece of white bread to clean the grinder. That worked just fine too, and gave me some spicy bread crumbs as a bonus. I think I'll have to use them to make fried oysters in the very near future.... -- "Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious." Brendan Gill http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4958