BLACK PEPPER

In this wonderful world of eating, baking and cooking we have three things that we use almost ever day and those are salt, sugar and of course black pepper.
Have you noticed the price of a can of black pepper recently. I cannot believe how much it has went up.
One of my friends was telling me about watching one of the chef's on t.v. and how she was talking about black pepper. How that if you start grinding your own from the black peppercorns you will not want to go out and buy a can of black pepper again.
Now me, I have to have my eggs almost black with pepper and also those good ole pork chops. Have you ever just salted and peppered your pork chops and fry them slow and I mean slow, with  black pepper on them. Wish I had me two right now. lol. So after watching Paula with her battery powered pepper machine of course, I had to have me one.
So my hubby had gave me some money for my birthday, I think, lol. and I just had to go find me a pepper grinder. I looked everwhere for one and could not find a battery powered one. So I was in a T. J. Max looking for one, after going to different ones and I came across one that was rechargeable.
 I looked at the price and could not believe it. I looked again, thinking I needed to bring our my glasses and take another look at the price but it was the same as the first time. $40.00.
 Good grief, I never saw any gold on it any where for that price. So I began reading about it and thought well I want one, I have the money and I am just going to splurge and get it.
Believe me I sure have not regretted getting it one time.  Like the chef's say if you grind your own pepper it has such a different taste and is so fresh.
So trust me, go and find you one online and get you one. If you just want to try and see if you would like it first, they now have the pepper grinders that you just twist the tops around and work just as good with the peppercorns already in them.
If you buy peppercorns get the ones that have almost all black ones. They taste better than the ones with a lot of red peppercorns in them.
Me, I use so much pepper I would go through one of those in two weeks. lol.
Mine runs down so quick that I am now glad that I bought one that recharges because I sure would be out a lot buying batteries for one.
Everyone gets a kick out of how I can eat so much pepper on stuff and not have to grab a glass of water or soda. If you have sinus trouble it will sure open them up. I guess that is why I eat so much. lol. Don't have to take meds for this. When they come around at the restaurant to grind you some everyone wonders when I am going to say stop, that is enough. lol. I just let them keep on grinding.
So my next thing I would love to have is one of the new type pod coffee makers that just makes one cup from the pod. But with them costing $150.00 I think I will just keep looking. May find a new one at the Nashville, Tn. yard sales. Those are like going Trick Or Treating for adults.
 Never know what new stuff you will find and believe me you can really find good clean new stuff. I love to go and find cookbooks and books to read. You come across gadgets for the kitchen that you neever have heard of.
Sullivin Farms and Chandler Creek is so good you just wish you had a week to look at all the stuff. I just wish they would not close them down so early. You can't be at two places at once and both are so good and so huge that you can't get thru them in one day. More and more people are bringing their trucks and trailers to them now as you can find so many good bargins and nothing is priced to high. Can't wait to spring. lol.......