Guest guest Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 I take it a step further and let the container contents settle long enough for the dust to fall back into the powder, then pour the contents into a mason jar-I do this OUTSIDE, ON MY PORCH!! Some of those peppers can be brutal! > > Posted with permission. > terry > > For large batches of peppers, I use an old " as seen on TV " food dehydrator > to dry my peppers (in the garage, else my wife would kill me) and then use > my Vitamix blender, with the dry/grains container, to grind them. > > Since the Vitamix uses an engine that could probably get a two-seater plane > off the ground, the biggest problem I've had is with the dust it generates, > which (depending on the pepper) approaches the levels of weapons-grade > tear-gas. I control this by placing a damp tea towel over the top of the > blender (between the lid/cap and the container) to act as a filter to > capture any dust that may leak out... you can skip this if you like opening > the blender and getting maced; I'm just not a huge fan of the 10 minutes of > coughing and sneezing that normally results. > > The other nice thing about using the Vitamix, is that I can add other herbs > and spices (as well as other milder peppers for filler) to the grind and > make large quantities of pre-mixed " chili powder " in addition to just making > straight-up " powdered chiles " . > > > > Jeff T. > >  Terry Pogue  > > My Foodie Photos > http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrypogue/collections/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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