SC - Advice -- Tools for crushing stuff (was shortbread help)

[Mark Schuldenfrei]

  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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