i JUST made up some cayenne, jap ground pepper and hot pepper flakes
i let em hang for a couple days, then use my
dehydrator for couple days, then crush up abit in a plastic baggie, then into the grinder
hanging peppers......
drying peppers.......
i let em dry till they are of the "SNAP" consistancy, where you press on em, they want to crush......
when i do hot pepper flakes, i put em into a plastic bag, and crush by hand........i don't want POWDER, but like what you get in a pizza joint
upper left, cayenne powder, upper right peppers i keep whole and will grind up as i need.......lower left, the hot pepper flakes, and lower right, the jap powder.........
its a pretty simple and easy thing to do/make.........hope this helps