SC - Plum Pudding
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Tue Sep 30 11:17:49 PDT 1997
I am taking to heart the advice to crush the shortbread, but wondering
what tools (short of running over it with the car) would be best. This
isn't really a narrow question about this particular bit of shortbread,
but a broader question about, for example, what types of mortars and
pestles are best for what uses (I've seen advertised mortar and pestle
sets made out of wood, ceramic, and brass; what works best where?) (As
an aside, what I'll probably do for this shortbread is combine my
short-handled maul with my husband's anvil. This stuff is -really-
hard.)
I'd suggest a modern food processor,with the sharp metal chopping blade.
Not a mortar and pestle, unless you feel a great desire to do handwork.
When I was in France, some years ago, I saw a period food processor: a very
large wheel, studded with blades, that spun and was inserted into a narrow
round bottom bowl, and with a feeder chute on the top. It gives me a small
justification for using a Cuisinart or whatever when I need to.
Tibor
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