[Sca-cooks] mortar and pestle questions
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Sat Nov 22 17:08:18 PST 2008
'Lainie said:
<<< I use my marble one the most, but I pull down
her big wooden one to grind long pepper in- about the only way I can do
it is to sit on the kitchen floor with the mortar between my legs, so I
can put my weight into it. Only way I've ever been able to grind the
durn things. >>>
Are you speaking of long pepper or galangal? I find long pepper is
fairly easy for me to crush in my small marble mortar and pestle, but
I've got stories in the Florilegium warning people about how hard
galangal is and how it has a tendency to destroy pepper grinders.
Stefan
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