Please, I cannot remember what two Spanish kitchen words mean, but as I
remember, they do relate to food preparation use. I am also not sure of
the spelling, but perhaps some one of you may help?

Comal (accent second syllable)
Moca-hete (probably not hyphenated, just one word, or seperate words)

I do believe one of those two words is the granite grinding bowl I use,
but the both of them are puzzling me.

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"Richard's ~JA~" > wrote in message
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>Comal (accent second syllable)
>Moca-hete (probably not hyphenated, just one word, or seperate words)

>I do believe one of those two words is the granite grinding bowl I use,
>but the both of them are puzzling me.

I think mocahete is the mortar and pestle thing.

From http://www.chocolatesnowball.com/passions.htm ,

"She roasted ingredients on the comal, an open-fire earthenware griddle, and
then ground them in the molcajete, the volcanic rock Mexican version of a
mortar (and pestle.)"

Haven't verified the information, though, so it could be wrong.
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"Richard's ~JA~" > wrote in message
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>Please, I cannot remember what two Spanish kitchen words mean, but as I
>remember, they do relate to food preparation use. I am also not sure of
>the spelling, but perhaps some one of you may help?
>
>Comal (accent second syllable)
>Moca-hete (probably not hyphenated, just one word, or seperate words)
>
>I do believe one of those two words is the granite grinding bowl I use,
>but the both of them are puzzling me.

A comal is a flat griddle for cooking tortillas, among other things. A
dry cast iron skillet makes a good substitue.

A mocajete is the stone mortar and pestle that you're thinking of.

Hal Laurent
Baltimore

Comal is a griddle, used for toasting tortillas and other things.

Molcajete is the grinding bowl; the implement in your hand for grinding is
the tejolote.

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"Richard's ~JA~" > wrote in message
...
Please, I cannot remember what two Spanish kitchen words mean, but as I
remember, they do relate to food preparation use. I am also not sure of
the spelling, but perhaps some one of you may help?

Comal (accent second syllable)
Moca-hete (probably not hyphenated, just one word, or seperate words)

I do believe one of those two words is the granite grinding bowl I use,
but the both of them are puzzling me.

Picky ~JA~

Thank you all so much. Along with an email received, all have confirmed
my suspicions on the meanings of comal and molcajete. I do have and use
both often, but not near as much as what was a daily thing in the past.
I have not made tortillas in several years, but the old special made for
me, two-foot comal hanging n the garage does beckon now and then. A
former sweetheart's elderly mother taught me to make and "spin-pull" the
huge tortillas she would roast atop her wood stove, so I just had to
have a way to roast those here at home. One of my Marines made me the
comal (that is hanging via one of it's side-handles) by cutting and
welding the lid from a many-gallons steel drum, and they (the Marines)
stopped begging for me for their usual allotment of fresh tort's a few
years ago. Perhaps now that I have those two words so nicely
"freshened" I will remain tempted to get back into the "factory" groove
again soon. So, thank you much.
From myself, as well as from the USMC!

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(Louis=A0Cohen) adds....
>Comal is a griddle, used for toasting tortillas
>and other things.
>Molcajete is the grinding bowl; the implement
>in your hand for grinding is the tejolote.
Thank you for the proper word to use instead of my thinking of merely
"that thing" when using the pestle! Now, if I could only remember why
my almost mother-in-law said she preferred using Crisco instead of lard
in her tortillas, I could maybe get the die-hards to understand why I
make what they call "honky" tortillas. Though they absolutely never
refuse them, along with at least asking, if not actually begging for
more after a few weeks go by without...;-)

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