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I just made a spice rub for the first time in ages, and I'm still sniffling! First I tried grinding the red pepper flakes and tea leaves in my trusty giant granite mortar and pestle. Normally I grind much smaller amounts of spices, but I guess this recipe was meant for use in two or three meals. I don't know what happens when someone who actually knows what they're doing grinds stuff, but when I do it part of the spices get powdered while part of it is still chunky. And that powder was flying up my nose the minute that pestle came down.

So I switched to my ancient tiny electric grinder. I can't control the grind size as well as with the mortar and pestle, but the recipe calls for finely ground, keep it in there long enough and all would be well, right? Sure, except that every time I took the lid off to check on progress this cloud of powdered tea poofed out and I immediately started sneezing and coughing. :( (Don't worry, I managed to spin around and do it away from the food.)

The ribs are rubbed, remainder of the spice rub in a jar, and I still feel like I'm about to sneeze. Obviously my nose does not approve of freshly ground spices. How do I do this and not sneeze the whole time?
<bot>: Grinding spices makes me sneeze and cough, how do I do this and not irritate the hell out of my respiratory system?