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Got one of these as a gift, what the fuck do I do with it. Mortar and Pestle thread.

>> No.14792224

>>14792190
>Buy avocados
>make smooth, delicious guacamole
>buy mint
>muddle up
>make your own mint ice cream
>get garlic
>chop finely
>dry
>get salt
>make homemade garlic salt
The possibilities are endless.

>> No.14792236

Grind peppercorns
Buy shit in bulk and make your own herbal tea blends
Pesto

>> No.14792288

If you got a porcelain one like the one in your picture, then it's useless as a grinder. You could use it as a small mixing bowl I guess.
Granite is generally what you want, but even granite ones can be shit at grinding if they're too smooth or light. You need a large one (about the size of your hand with the fingers splayed out) made of granite (or volcanic rock (really porous and maintenance heavy) and one with a heavy pestle.
I use mine to grinding peppercorns en masse when making pizza sauces which call for a lot of pepper, it's much more efficient than using a pepper mill to get say 3 tablespoons of pepper.
I also use it to crush certain spices like green cardamom when I'm making some chinese brines.
I haven't found more use for it yet, guacamole I suppose can be made but I'm not a huge fan of guacamole. I suppose hummus too, but you could use a food processor for that.

>> No.14792311

crush herbs like garlic

>> No.14792317

This

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw83XzYPb5g&t=231s

>> No.14792744

>>14792190
I've used em to make powdered charcoal, I've ground up pepper corns, salt rock, cloves, hot peppers I think I've even used it to grind weed.
The one I got is really heavy and made from what I think is lava rock.

>> No.14792858

>>14792190
Increase your alchemy skill, silly.

>> No.14792877

>>14792190
pesto

>> No.14792964

>>14792288
Porcelain mortars are for apothecaries, not kitchens, unfortunately pharmacies where they mix various powders on the spot are no longer a thing since nearly a hundred years ago.

>> No.14792984
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14792984

>>14792190
Those tiny little things are uselss except maybe mashing up pills, the real ones are Thai and heavy.

>> No.14793000

>>14792224
I like chunky guac.
Mint is bad for your test levels.
I only eat garlic raw.

>> No.14793403

the little one goes up your pooper and the bowl catches the jizz that comes squirting out

>> No.14793410

>>14793000
>mint is bad for your test levels
Being a nitpicky little preening faggot about herbs man has been eating since the dawn of time is also bad for your test levels but you do plenty of that

>> No.14793429

>>14792190
grind fresh spices. don't have to buy powdered stuff just grind it yourself. grind red pepper, allspice, cinnamon, peppercorn, cloves, cumin, fennel seed, coriander....

>> No.14793445
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14793445

>>14792190
I got a Japanese one as a gift. It’s great for grinding sesame seeds, but I haven’t used it for anything else yet. Should I get a regular one for other spices and herbs?

>> No.14793470

SeriousEats made an article on mortars: https://www.seriouseats.com/2018/08/best-mortars-and-pestles.html

>> No.14793488

>>14793445
These folk have a lot of them. I got my last one from a Thai guy in NYC, you can mail order them as well but they're heavy so you'll pay for shipping.
https://importfood.com/products/thai-cookware/item/mortar-and-pestle-solid-thai-granite

>> No.14793493

>>14793000
do you have a testosterone deficiency or something?

>> No.14793498

I use mine to crush my dried amphetamine paste and MDMA and thats it

>> No.14793528

>>14792190
Put it in the back of a cupboard and forget about it.

>> No.14793599

Make prayer potions breh

>> No.14793815

>>14792236
seconding the peppercorns
also if you grow your own herbs and stuff you can make your own seasonings.
I recently used my mortal and pestle to make cayenne salt

>> No.14793830

>>14792984
yeah, proper heavy stone mortars are way more effective and comfortable to use

>> No.14794743

I grind guinea pig poops and sell them for hermit crab food. Pretty good business since my pigs are shitting machines.

>> No.14794750

I used to use them to crush my Adderall back in high school.

>> No.14794816

>>14793599
Based and ranarrpilled.

>> No.14796458

make stuff in it that you would make in a food processor like hummus or pesto done the right way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IHXuIDIJ9Q

>> No.14797945

>>14792190
Put some cloves and cardamom pods in there, crush them lightly, then put them in a rice cooker and cook it. Most fragrant rice you'll ever have.