>Dave, get an electric coffee grinder (for $10 - $15). But be sure to use it >downwind from yourself. Well, I went and got myself a Grindmaster cheapo at the stupormarket, and it works GREAT. 'Course, I was a complete dunderhead the first time I used it. Put a mix of crushed red savinas, anaheims, and arbols in the bowl to make powder and whirled away (on the kitchen counter.) No problem, no leakage...then I took off the lid and WHAM! Wife and I start sneezing and choking, etc. What a dumbass! <g> I took the grinder into the pantry in front of the exhaust fan where I make my horseradish, and "decanted" it into a shaker bottle in there. Learnt my lesson the hard way, as usual. <laughing> Reminded me of when some friends and I decided to taste his capsaicin self-defense spray and cleared out my kitchen. :-) === Dave Sacerdote davesas@tiac.net Resist or Serve. "I am so mighty, I do not have to kill you all." -- Flaming Carrot Visit Dave's New England Almanac: http://www.tiac.net/users/davesas