Made in the USA: William Bounds

It is only natural that my "made in America" obsession started in my kitchen. I love food, and I love to cook. Once the wooden pepper mills and salt shaker were old and faded after ten years of abuse, it was time to replace them with pepper and salt mills made in America.

It's been probably five years since I purchased William Bounds' HM Twist Chrome Pepper Mill and Salt Mill, and I have been very satisfied with the mills.  I noticed some negative comments on Williams-Sonoma page how some users experienced their mills falling a part and corroded, but my mills are still working well. I guess I was one of the luckier purchasers.  

One down side of these mills is what applies to all manual mills: it cannot beat the speed and volume capacity of electric mills. The electric mills also have a problem: they are usually made overseas (I cannot find a single model made in the US). I took the preferred product origin and nice design. 

There is one more America-made William Bounds product in my kitchen, and that is the nutmeg grinder.

Nutmeg is one of many spices I cannot tolerate buying pre-ground. Why? What is the point? All the nice flavor is gone so quick! I was using hand held grinder for nutmeg, but clumsy people like me could end up grinding own finger someday. The first time I saw this grinder on a website, my reaction was the same as when I glanced at an avocado slicer. Why buy a tool that does another tool in my kitchen already does? Then, I saw the nutmeg grinder at a store and tested it, and I was standing in the checkout line in the next few minutes. I have been pretty happy with the grinder. If I must rate this item, I would give four out of five stars for the lid being tricky to close sometimes.

Looking at William Bounds' website, the company seems to sell products made in the USA and overseas. Having multiple manufacturing location is common nowadays. Never buy an item without reading product description.