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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. |
 | | The Molcajete, or Mexican version of the mortar and pestle appears in Mexican pre-history in the Tehuacán Valley, as early as the discovery of our hybridized present-day corn, 6,000 years ago. |
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