Cheryl wrote:
> On Sun 21 Mar 2010 02:59:48p, Mark Thorson wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
>> I'm watching a Spanish-language cooking show right now,
>> Gourmet Light, and the host has an interesting mortar
>> and pestle he is using to grind black pepper. I've
>> never found a mortar and pestle to be very good for
>> that, because the spherical seeds pop out and go
>> everywhere, but his mortar and pestle is unusual.
>> It's almost cone shaped, and the pestle is large
>> compared to the mortar, so that it barely fits.
>> This seems to be key to using it for black pepper.
>> The pestle is blocking the pepper seeds from escaping,
>> and the large mortar captures any that get past the
>> pestle. I wish I knew where to buy a set like that.
>>
>
> Try this site:
> http://www.fantes.com/mortar-pestle.html
>
> I ordered one from them and they are super super fast at shipping.
> They have some mortar and pestle they call "close fit" that looks
> like what you're looking for.

Wow... I've never seen such variety in mortar and pestles. Prices are
very cheap as well!
Of course, they only ship within the U.S... Still, it's given me the
impetus to look around for a better mortar and pestle

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw