[Sca-cooks] I visited the International Farmer's Market on the Buford Hwy

[Bill Fisher]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:02:27 -0600, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Cadoc asked:
> > Also, I found some stone bowls (granite I think) and I was wondering
> > if anyone knew a specific purpose for them?
> Were these stone bowls fair thick, about an inch thick between inside
> and outside? Did they have three short legs on them? If so, then I
> might guess they are metates(sp?), the bottom half of a Mexican mortar
> and pestle, meant for grind corn in. These usually seem to be made of a
> rough, volcanic rock. If they were a smooth, polished granite, then
> they still might be mortars, as I've seen a number like the one I have,
> although they are usually only about four or five inches in diameter.
> Mine is white with black patterning, but I've seen these in a wide
> variety of colors.
> 
> Stefan


Nah, these were definitely lidded bowls, I was looking for a Thai mortar 
and pestle, but didn't see any.  The walls on these bowls were too steep 
to be used for grinding (tho the lid would be pretty handy for smashing 
garlic cloves).

Cadoc
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