"Batronyx" <bat### [at] alliancecablenet> wrote in message
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> Is that a mortar & pestle on the left? I ask because on one hand, that's
exactly
> what it looks like (although most I've seen are just plain white) and on
the
> other, we don't tend to have those as kitchen staples here in the USA.

Yes. The one I've got is made of a dark green granite and is VERY heavy. I
dropped
it once onto a tiled floor. The tile it fell onto cracked

> I happen to have a . . um . . "stick" part (mortar or pestle?) and find it
> useful for grinding herbs a little finer, and occasionally making some of
my
> pets' medicines more palatable. Just haven't noticed anyone else with one.

The bowl is the mortar, the stick is the pestle.

I use it for grinding spices, making curry pastes, crushing garlic etc. It's
one of the most
useful items in my kitchen

> Nice piece of work.
>

thanks

Gail
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