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	GourmetSleuth - Mortar and Pestle(Molcajete, Thai Stone, Suribachi)
		A mortar is a bowl shaped container made of a hard wood, marble, pottery, or stone.
		The pestle is a bat shaped tool that is used to grind inside the mortar (bowl) and pulverize grains, herbs, and other food substances as well as medicines.
		It is a bull and measures 16" from the tip of the nose to the edge of the bowl and it's 4 1/2" deep, 8 1/2" high and weighs 36 pounds.
	www.gourmetsleuth.com /mortarpestle.htm (1958 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mortar and pestle
		For pharmaceutical use, the mortar and the head of the pestle are usually made of porcelain, while the handle of the pestle is made of wood.
		Mortars and pestles are also used as drug paraphernalia by some in order to grind up pills to speed up absorption when they are ingested or in preparation for insufflation (snorting).
		Mortars are also used in cooking to prepare ingredients such as guacamole and pesto (which derives its name from the pestle pounding), as well as grinding spices into powder.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mortar-and-pestle (1687 words)

	Mortar and pestle, stone granite, available online from ImportFood.com
		A stone mortar and pestle is ideal for pulverizing and grinding spices and herbs into seasoning pastes and spice mixtures.
		The inside of this pottery (earthenware) mortar is glazed on the outside and marked in a broad sweeping pattern with a wide fork.
		Whatever mortar and pestle you decide to use, we strongly believe the Thai solid granite version is the best overall, and you'll certainly enjoy it.
	importfood.com /mortarpestle.html (3183 words)

	Mortar and pestle, stone granite, available online from ImportFood.com
		A stone mortar and pestle is ideal for pulverizing and grinding spices and herbs into seasoning pastes and spice mixtures.
		The inside of this pottery (earthenware) mortar is glazed on the outside and marked in a broad sweeping pattern with a wide fork.
		Whatever mortar and pestle you decide to use, we strongly believe the Thai solid granite version is the best overall, and you'll certainly enjoy it.
	www.importfood.com /mortarpestle.html (3183 words)

	Mortar & Pestles-Spellcraft Supplies-Ritual Tools-Grandpa's General Store
		Mortar & pestle are used to grind grains into flour, herbs for food, medicine or magic, and more.
		The mortar is usually bowl shaped and the pestle is somewhat tubular.
		Due to the fact that these mortar & pestle sets are finished by hand, there may or maynot be slight irregularities in the finish, but these should not affect their use or visual appeal.
	grandpasgeneral.com /spellmp.html (566 words)

	physics - Mortar
		A mortar is a vessel used to contain a substance which is then ground into a powder and/or mixed with a pestle.
		Mortar is a material used in masonry to fill the gaps between blocks in construction and bind the blocks together
		A mortar is a military weapon into which is dropped a mortar shell, which is then fired in a high ballistic trajectory.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Mortar (87 words)

	MORTAR GRINDER “pulverisette 2“ - Fritsch GmbH - Scientific news and press releases archive - SelectScience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The principle involved is similar to a hand mortar, in that the material to be ground is reduced in size between the pestle and the mortar bowl through pressure and friction.
		The mortar is rotated by a drive motor and in turn to drives the mounted, free-rotating pestle by means of friction.
		The mortar bowl has a dust-tight seal, which ensures there is no loss of material during grinding.
	www.selectscience.net /product-news/mortar-grinder-pulverisette-2/?artID=5176 (394 words)

	Mortar & Pestle - Solid Granite Stone \| Temple of Thai
		We also have the traditional clay mortar and pestle which is also used for making curry paste (though less vigorous pounding is recommended) and especially useful for making Thai salads like 'Sohm Tom'.
		Each granite mortar and pestle is made by hand near the Gulf of Thailand, in the eastern part of the country.
		Another type of mortar and pestle that is commonly used in Thailand is the clay mortar and pestle.
	www.templeofthai.com /mortar_and_pestle/mortar_pestle.php (1886 words)

	Mortar and Pestle for preparing herbs and gums - The Realm Of White Magic On-line Ordering
		A 'Mortar' is a bowl shaped container made of a hard wood, shell, marble, pottery, or stone.
		The 'Pestle' is a bat shaped tool that is used to grind inside the mortar (bowl) and pulverize natural gums, herbs, seeds, grains, resins and flowers.
		Using a mortar and pestle is a traditional "craft" of herb preparation.
	www.whitemagic.com.au /mortar.htm (208 words)

	Golda's Kitchen • Bakeware • Cookware • Kitchen Solutions
		Indispensible for crushing fresh herbs and spices to release their full flavours, this over-sized mortar with pestle are made of superb quality cast iron, and the mortar has a spout for easily dispensing the ground foods.
		Indispensible for crushing fresh herbs and spices to release their full flavours, this porcelain mortar with pestle has a deep conical shape to ensure that foods remain inside the mortar when being ground and a spout for easily dispensing the ground foods.
		Indispensible for crushing fresh herbs and spices to release their full flavours, this set of two nesting mortars with pestle are made of superb quality cast iron, and allow you to crush two different foods without emptying or cleaning the mortar.
	www.goldaskitchen.com /merchant.ihtml?id=-5&searchterm=mortar\|and\|pestle (1305 words)

	Mortar Glossary Term
		A cooking utensil that is shaped like a bowl and is used as a container to hold and manually crush or grind ingredients, by applying pressure with a pestle to smash the substance on the base of the bowl.
		Mortars can be made from hard woods, stones such as lava, marble, or granite, and pottery.
		A pestle and mortar are often used to grind the ingredient so that the essence of the substance is released into the food being prepared.
	www.recipetips.com /glossary-term/t--35666/mortar.asp (116 words)

	Mortars & pestles from Best Deal Shopping Mall
		The Mexican version of a mortar it is used to grind mix and serve.
		This classically styled mortar and pestle is shaped from vitrified ceramic fired at 2500 deg F a material that does not absorb food colors aromas or flavors.
		Using a Mason Cash mortar and pestle, the distinctive scents and flavors of fresh herbs and spices are quickly released and incorporated at their peak.
	www.best-deal-shopping-mall.com /1.home.kitchen-supplies.mortars-pestles (594 words)

	mortar and pestle Definition in the Food Dictionary at Epicurious.com
		A mortar is a bowl-shaped container and a pestle is a rounded, batlike instrument.
		As a pair, the mortar and pestle are used for grinding and pulverizing spices, herbs and other foods.
		The mortar and pestle are usually made from the same material, generally marble, hardwood, porcelain or stoneware.
	www.epicurious.com /cooking/how_to/food_dictionary/entry?id=3562 (183 words)

	Bowl with Scenes of Daily Life (Getty Museum)
		This large bowl documents some of the activities of the Bronze Age society that produced it.
		Three appear to be kneading dough, while one grinds grain with a mortar and pestle, and another stands in front of an oven.
		On the other side of the bowl, four men are accompanied by a deer and another animal, perhaps a fawn or dog.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=144482 (206 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		mortier, from L. mortarium "bowl for mixing or pounding," also "material prepared in it," of unknown origin and impossible now to determine which sense was original.
		mortar of World War I is a ref. to Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, owner of Krupp steel works 1903-43.
		Originally of mortar shells, etc.; modern sense of "explosive device placed by hand or dropped from airplane" is 1909.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=mortar (514 words)

	Cooking Light - Get the Best from Spices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A mortar and pestle are the best tools for coarsely crushing spices, and many people think using this method releases a better, gentler flavor than using an electric mill.
		But it is difficult to crush such hard spices as cinnamon and cloves in a mortar.
		A small, deep mortar is better than a wide, shallow one, from which the spices tend to shoot out.
	www.cookinglight.com /cooking/print/0,14444,1107331,00.html (367 words)

	GourmetSleuth - Thai Mortar and Pestle (Stone, Granite)
		This sturdy stone Thai mortar and pestle (called Krok Hin in the Thai language) dates back to the Sukhothai period (the first Thai Kingdom founded in 1238) when it was one of the few cooking tools used to prepare meals.
		The basic concept with using a mortar and pestle to to add a single ingredient at a time and one ingredient builds on the other forming an eventual well-integrated mixture.
		This is an overview of the average sizes, weights and uses of the Thai mortar and pestle.
	www.gourmetsleuth.com /thaimortarpestle.htm (798 words)

	Mortar Recipe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		and salt to the mortar bowl and grind slowly with...
		Note: be sure all of your ingredients, and the bowl or mortar you are working with, are at room temperature...
		mortar and pestle as we chat about how this is a method that has not changed since ancient times.
	www.2relico.com /reli3/concrete/mortar-recipe.html (687 words)

	mortar definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		bowl for grinding: a hard heavy bowl designed to hold substances to be ground into small pieces or powder by means of a club-shaped tool pestle
		bowl for crushing ore: a cast-iron bowl in which ore is crushed
		fire mortar at target: to fire at somebody or something with a mortar
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861631295 (209 words)

	FronteraKitchens.com \| Choosing, seasoning andusing a mexican mortar
		Hold the metlapil (the pestle) in your hand so that your fingers are parallel to its length (not wrapped around it), with the smallest end toward your palm.
		Wrapping your fingers around the circumference of the pestle is not only awkward (since the fleshy underpart of your hand gets in the way), but it encourages a pounding motion, which is not what this is all about.
		When making salsa in the mortar, the idea is to work the ingredients together a little at a time.
	www.fronterakitchens.com /cooking/tools/mortar.html (358 words)

	Untitled Document
		Mortar Composition - The proportions of materials for the standard mortar shall be one part of cement to 2.75 parts of graded standard sand by weight.
		Cut off mortar to a plane surface with the top of the mold by drawing the straight edge of the trowel, held perpendicular to the mold, with a sawing motion over the length of the mold.
		The cement mortar cubes that were prepared and tested in lab sufficiently met the ASTM C150 specifications.
	civilx.unm.edu /laboratories_ss/pcc/mortars.html (1202 words)

	Laboratory Equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The “pulverisette 2” mortar grinder for the processing laboratory is suitable for the fine grinding of inorganic and organic samples for analysis, quality control and material testing.
		Pressure is applied by the pestle on the mortar wall in the horizontal and vertical direction.
		Features include removal and fitting of mortar bowl and pestle without tools; precise adjustment and pestle pressure readout during grinding; and reproducible pestle setting without tools.
	www.laboratoryequipment.com /ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=020&ACCT=2000019466&ISSUE=0508&RELTYPE=PR&ORIGRELTYPE=EDF&PRODCODE=00004868&PRODLETT=A (242 words)

	Mortar and Pestle for preparing herbs and gums - The Realm Of White Magic On-line Ordering
		A 'Mortar' is a bowl shaped container made of a hard wood, shell, marble, pottery, or stone.
		The 'Pestle' is a bat shaped tool that is used to grind inside the mortar (bowl) and pulverize natural gums, herbs, seeds, grains, resins and flowers.
		Using a mortar and pestle is a traditional "craft" of herb preparation.
	whitemagic.com.au /mortar.htm (208 words)

	News: High Lead Level Warning On Mortar And Pestle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Trading Standards officers are warning consumers that brightly coloured paints used to decorate the mortar and pestle were found to contain high levels of soluble lead.
		The large mortar (bowl) is made of stone and is 18 cms (approx 7 inches) in height and 29 cms (approx 12 inches) in diameter.
		The pestle (pounder) is made of wood and is 51 cms (approx 19 inches) in height with a diameter of 6 cms (approx 2 inches), decorated with red and fl painted bands.
	www.lancashire.gov.uk /corporate/news/press_releases/2005/01/31/0003.asp (481 words)

	Antique Curly Maple Mortar and Pestle
		Period American antique Curly Maple Mortar and Pestle "antique mortar and pestle" The mortar, or bowl,is made of wild curly maple wood, measures 8 inches tall and 5 and one half inches in diameter.
		The pestle, the bat shaped tool, measures 11 inches long, the handle end is 1 and one half inches in diameter and the mashing end measures 2 and one half inches in diameter, and it is beveled.
		The mortar is used to hold grains, herbs, and other food substances and the pestle is used to pulverize these substances within the mortar.
	www.antiques--art.com /items/366691/item366691store.html (288 words)

	Mortar and Pestle for use in Magic Spell Work
		The mortar is the bowl, which is often (but not always) rough or ridged inside.
		Generally speaking, although any of these mortar and pestle sets, can be used for crushing or for grinding, those with tall and narrow mortar bowl patterns are employed for crushing, while those with short and wide mortar bowl patterns are used for grinding.
		The wide-mouthed mortar is made of shiny white glazed porcelain with an unglazed and rough interior.
	www.luckymojo.com /mortar.html (1005 words)

	Pharmacy - Mortar and Pestle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is a mortar (bowl) and pestle (mallet).
		Mortar and pestles were used to crush or grind ingredients into a powder that would be used for medicine.
		Many drug stores today use the mortar and pestle in their store windows or in advertisements.
	www.ohiokids.org /archive/ohv/pharmacy/ch1.html (134 words)

	Linda's Culinary and Food Dictionary and Glossary - A to Z
		A mortar is a bowl-shaped container made of a hard wood, marble, pottery, or stone.
		The pestle is rotated against the bottom of the mortar to pulverize the ingredient between them to the desired consistency.
		The grain was placed in a shallow depression in a stone, the mortar, and then pounded with a stone, the pestle.
	www.whatscookingamerica.net /Glossary/M.htm (8144 words)

	Tracy's Stained Glass Workshop - Glass Crusher
		All steel pestle bowl measures 2-3/4" (70mm) diameter x 3-1/2" (89mm) deep.
		Mortar fits bowl and has a 7" (178mm) handle.
		Mortar is a snug fit in the pestle bowl.
	www.tracysworkshop.com /pc-2418-14300-glass-crusher.aspx (356 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		DEFINITION: A mortar whose sides are formed by a bottomless basket attached to the stone.
		Mortars were frequently made of special rocks, which might be traded over considerable distances.
		The mortars of the medieval period in Europe have been studied at length; the first stone mortars occur in 8th century Dore-Stad and have origins in the Moselle Valley, while the French Carolingians at this time were using pottery mortars.
	www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?category=&where=headword&terms=mortar (157 words)

	The retention question: Why are students leaving? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The BGSU Chapter of Mortar Board is seeking Mortar Board members as part of a campaign to locate all 200,000 members nationwide by the year 2000.
		Mortar Board members in the University community are asked to email the following information to Amy Nesbit, Mortar Board alumni chair, at nesbia@bgnet.bgsu.edu: full name, maiden name (if appropriate), home and office addresses and phone numbers, fax number (if applicable), email address, college or university where initiated and year of initiation.
		The local chapter hopes to recognize Mortar Board members in the University community for the lifelong honor they have received.
	www.bgsu.edu /offices/mc/monitor/pastissues/12-07-98/briefs2.html (449 words)

	Mortar and Pestle Store, Unique Mortar and Pestle Distributor, Brass and Wood
		Not only we specialize in olive wood mortars and pestles, but we also offer the most unique shapes and theme you can possibility find in your shopping journey for your next mortar and pestle.
		This is our 4th year offering our vigorous, easy to maintain, fragrant and heavy duty mortars and pestles.
		This is one of the most stunning mortars and pestles.
	www.mortar-shop.com (275 words)

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