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Default Mortar and Pestle Recipes?

On Aug 1, 8:11 am, Peter A > wrote:
> In article .com>,
> says...
>
> > I bought a marble mortar and pestle not too long ago and was pretty
> > darn happy about it. However, I have been unsuccessful in finding any
> > recipes on the internet for it. Aside from pesto, does anyone have any
> > recipes that require the use of a mortar and pestle. And when I say
> > require, I mean to find it useful.

>
> If you had bought a new chef's knife would you be asking about "knife
> recipes?"
>
> Why did you buy it if you did not have uses in mind?
>
> A M&P is a general purpose tool. I use it to make coarsely crushed black
> pepper, to grind various spices, and to pulverize garlic cloves.
>
> --
> Peter Aitken


Peter, I am inexperienced in using the mortar and pestle. I was
looking for ideas on how to make other rubs for meat or spreads for
breads... like pesto. Sorry you misunderstood the question.