/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.17344477]

I went to a flea market that had like 5 different of these guys, but I couldn't find any stone ones. Are brass mortar/pestles actually usable, or are they just for decoration?

[Anonymous No.17344487]

>>17344477
Brass is a toxic metal not suitable for food preparation, op. It's used on door handles specifically because it's easy to form and will kill bacteria left on the surface.

So to answer your question, just for decoration and you live in a third world shithole.

[Anonymous No.17344512]

>>17344477
Extremely usable, but as mentioned you need stone. If you need to ever cook big (large roasts, BBQ, suckling pigs, etc) , it’s very useful to use to get a bunch of random fresh herbs, dried spices, garlic, gingers, peppercorns, oils, etc all together into a paste quickly like a caveman. If you get one, get a big one with both stone mortar and stone pestle.

t. thought he was “to smart” for it but later realized otherwise.

[Anonymous No.17344523]

>>17344487
dumb ignorant anon, stone mortars are one of the most widely used cooking instruments in third world countries

[Anonymous No.17344615]

>>17344512
>Extremely usable
> you need stone
What did he mean by this?

[Anonymous No.17344755]

>>17344477
my grandpa used a marble mortar and pestle so that's the only kind I will use
simple as

[Anonymous No.17344764]

>>17344755
>simple as