SC - Looking for guidance

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

I recommend a large, heavy mortar and pestle.  I paid $39 for my granite one
at an oriental grocery in Missoula, MT.  I use it all the time.  Forget the
decorative crockery ones.

Raoghnailt

> I have been trying to buy books related to medieval cooking, some of which
> I've gotten after reading recommendations on this list, but have no
equipment
> yet, other than what my everyday kitchen holds.  Fortunately, my
grandmother
> taught me to cook as a teenager, so I'm a competent "seat of the pants"
cook,
> and can read a recipe to come up with an edible meal, but I'm hoping that
the
> members of this list can give me some guidance.