> For that matter, have you or anyone run chiles alone through a meat grinder, Not quite. I use a corn grinder, that I got from Johnny's Seeds a couple years ago. Works great, and by adjusting the grinding plates you can get anything from caribe type bits to fine powder, and it will grind soft (anchos, for example) and hard (thin skinned) dried peppers equally well. Haven't tried it on corn yet. Tom