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  Mortar and pestle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mortar and pestles were traditionally used in pharmacies to crush various ingredients prior to preparing an extemporaneous prescription.
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.
Granite mortars and pestles are used in Southeast Asia for grinding spices.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mortar_and_pestle   (226 words)

  
 Archaeological Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In these pestles, the poll is usually the smallest part of the pestle, as compared to the handle and the base.
This suggests that pestles were not only used for grinding materials against a hard surface, but also for crushing and pounding which often resulted in damage to the basal periphery as chips of stone broke away along the edge of the base.
One half (51 %) of the pestles studied are fashioned from metamorphic rock, the most commonly used varieties being: "greenstone" (a common name for metamorphosed basalt and diabase) - 12 pestles, quartzite - 12 pestles; and arkosic (feldspathic) quartzite - 5 pestles.
www.ohioarch.org /ArchaeologicalReports.htm   (6672 words)

  
 GourmetSleuth - Suribachi, Japanese Mortar & Pestle
The pestle called "surikogi" is made of wood rather than clay and keeps the pestle from wearing down the ridges in the mortar.
The traditional and less common pestle is made from the Japanese pepper tree (sansho) and the bark is left on the pestle.
It is said that this pestle imparts a slight peppery flavor to the food it grinds.
www.gourmetsleuth.com /suribachis.htm   (560 words)

  
 Mortar and pestle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mortar and pestles were traditionally used in (additional info and facts about pharmacies) pharmacies to crush various ingredients prior to preparing an (additional info and facts about extemporaneous prescription) extemporaneous prescription.
The mortar and pestle is the most common ((computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface) icon associated with pharmacies.
Granite mortars and pestles are used in (A geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore) Southeast Asia for grinding spices.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mortar_and_pestle.htm   (290 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: The Knight of the Burning Pestle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (likely almost entirely by Beaumont) first published in 1613 which is notable as the first parody play in English.
He has a burning pestle on his shield as a heraldic device and has to undertake the daring rescue of patients being held by a barber named Barbaroso.
The meta-fictional plot is intercut with the main plot of the interrupted play, where Jasper, a merchant's apprentice, is in love with his master's daughter, Luce, and must elope with her to save her from the arranged marriage with Humphrey.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Knight-of-the-Burning-Pestle   (385 words)

  
 Mortar & Pestle
Place the food in the mortar (bowl), use some downward pressure over the food with the pestle (pounder), and turn it in a circular motion around the mortar.
Whether it's to grind some peppercorns, or your coffee beans, or avocadoes for guacamole, a mortar and pestle set can be a handy non-electric kitchen tool.
It seems they originated the design, over 5,000 years ago, while the mortar and pestle appeared in Europe a mere 500 or so years ago.
fantes.com /mortar_pestle.htm   (735 words)

  
 Mortar & Pestle - Solid Granite Stone
The stone pestle is rough on the lower portion and glazed on the top for smooth handling.
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 type.
www.templeofthai.com /mortar_and_pestle/mortar_pestle.php   (1771 words)

  
 Schering Commemorative Mortar & Pestle Series
Back in the earlier days, the mortar & pestle was one of the pharmacists most valuable tools to crush and grind crude herbs and chemicals into useful preparations for their patients.
The type of design or theme for each mortar & pestle was dependent on whomever was in charge of the project for that year or whichever division was responsible and was going to foot the bill to have the mortar & pestles produced.
As a collector of these mortar & pestles, I have found that it is sometimes difficult to determine which pestle goes with which mortar, especially when you obtain a mortar & pestle without the box.
www.frontiernet.net /~barthology   (2268 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mason Cash 4-Inch Mortar & Pestle, White: Kitchen & Housewares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Made of chip-resistant white ceramic, the mortar and pestle are nonporous so they won't absorb moisture, odors, or flavors and can be safely cleaned in a dishwasher without acquiring a soapy taste.
I'd been using a suribachi (a ridged mortar for grinding sesame seeds) and the result was a lot of spice caught in the spaces between ridges.
The heavy pestle grinds up spices quickly and efficiently, and the mortar wipes or rinses clean immediately.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005Q5FT?v=glance   (631 words)

  
 Wandering Spoon - Mortar and Pestle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Before electricity and food processors revolutionized the kitchen, a cook needed a mortar and pestle to grind, purée, and blend ingredients.
Purists still eschew electrically powered machines for making pesto, molé, or curry, insisting that such preparations require a mortar and pestle to crush the spices and herbs in a way that best best releases their flavors and to give the cook better control over the end texture.
Although a pestle is often made of the same material as the mortar, it can also be carved from hardwood.
www.wanderingspoon.com /about/clips/clip_kc.html   (1110 words)

  
 DUALL®, PTFE Pestle and Glass Tube   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This PTFE pestle model is ideal for soft tissue such as brain or liver.
Construction is strong enough to allow the pestle to be motor driven.
Pestles are designed to be used with 788000 stirrer adapters.
www.kimble-kontes.com /html/pg-885480.html   (112 words)

  
 GourmetSleuth - Mortar and Pestle(Molcajete, Thai Stone, Suribachi)
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.
Sit the pestle on top of the substance and apply downward pressure, then grind using a circular motion.
Wood is used to keep the pestle from wearing down the ridges in the mortar.
gourmetsleuth.com /mortarpestle.htm   (1544 words)

  
 Norpro Marble Mortar and Pestle Review at Epinions.com
This mortar and pestle set is made of solid marble with the colors varying from light gray to white.
The pestle is completely finished, with the exception of the grinding surface at the base, and has the same high gloss as the outside of the mortar.
Take whatever it is that you want to grind or mash and place it into the mortar, with the pestle firmly in hand work in a circular motion from the outside to the inside of the mortar.
www.epinions.com /content_95397973636   (1264 words)

  
 Pestle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A pestle is a tool used to crush, mash or grind materials in a mortar.
In solid state chemistry a mortar and pestle is...
The Mortar and Pestle The Mysterious Origins of Man: The Mortar and Pestle Copyright © 1996 by Paul Heinrich [Last Update: May 1, 1996] Diversity - SWOT / PESTLE Analysis SWOT/PESTLE analysis (in question form)...
www.laboratoryequipment-net.info /laboratory-equipment/pestle.html   (351 words)

  
 High Quality Mortar & Pestle Sets
At last, however, we have uncovered a mortar and pestle set that we are very proud to recommend.
The first fully vitrified ceramic Mortars and Pestles were made by the famous English Potter Josiah Wedgwood in around 1800 to overcome the problem of acids attacking marble mortars and the contamination of wooden ones.
Made from fully-vitrified ceramic, which is fired to a temperature where all the molecules in the clay completely fuse together, thus forming a fully sealed non porous solid.
www.robertopiecollection.co.uk /Application/Products/Mason-cash/pestle-and-mortar-1GB.asp   (706 words)

  
 Ceramic Mortar & Pestle -
Pestle and mortars come in all shapes and sizes; we have made it an art form.
This is a beech handled pestle and a generous, bulbous stoneware mortar in cream that's simple and easy to use.
This is a wooden handled pestle and a generous, bulbous stoneware mortar in blue that's simple and easy to use.
www.filbertstreet.net /html/Prezzybox3720   (1214 words)

  
 Morter & Pestle
These stone tools, a well-worn mortar and pestle, were made and used by New Jersey Indians after the time of European settlement, though we do not know where nor by which group.
The mortar fits neatly into the palm of a hand and the pestle, with its smooth, rounded ends, is the correct size for grinding in the mortar.
The mortar and pestle are too small to be practical for grinding grain, but Lenape women may have used these implements in making medicines to use in caring for the sick and in making colors for decorating their bodies.
www.scc.rutgers.edu /njwomenshistory/Period_1/mortarpestle.htm   (107 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 Thai stone mortar and pestle dates back hundreds of years, some say it all started in Sukhothai where the first Thai kingdom was founded in the 13th century AD.
The pestle is used to grind inside the mortar and pulverize food as well as medicine.
www.importfood.com /mortarpestle.html   (3021 words)

  
 The Glassware Gallery: Mortars and Pestles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In solid state chemistry a mortar and pestle is often used to prepare reactants for a solid state synthesis (the ceramic method).
On the left is a typical porcelain mortar and in the middle is an agate mortar and pestle set.
The kind of mortar and pestle used in the preparation of a solid state material is very important.
www.ilpi.com /inorganic/glassware/mortarpestle.html   (383 words)

  
 GourmetSleuth - Mortar and Pestle(Molcajete, Thai Stone, Suribachi)
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.
The fl, rough texture of both pieces is a result of the fact that they're made of basalt (volcanic rock).
Use the tejolote (the pestle) and grind the rice into the surface of the molcajete (bowl).
www.gourmetsleuth.com /mortarpestle.htm   (1544 words)

  
 mortar-pestle-msg
A mortar and pestle is easier than it sounds, once you get used to it.
Put this into the mortar and grind it around a bit with the pestle to cover both with a decent layer.
One of the best methods of cleaning a brass mortar and pestle is to use half a lemon dipped in charcoal ash and gently rub all over the M and P and rinse in clean water.
www.florilegium.org /files/FOOD-UTENSILS/mortar-pestle-msg.html   (1441 words)

  
 White pestle mortar
Mortar and Pestle have been used for thousands of years to grind household herbs and medicine.
Each mortar and pestle is unique and one of a kind.
You can use our mortar and pestle for everything from grinding herbs incense medicine and what ever your heart desires.
www.allayurveda.com /pastle.htm   (70 words)

  
 Mortar and Pestles from MortarAndPestles.NET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mortar And Pestle from MortarAndPestles.NET, we have your Mortar And Pestle that you are looking for under one roof.
Approximately 4" high; mortar opening 3" diameter.Each mortar and pestle is unique and one of a kind.
Cast iron pestle for use on those hard to grind herbs or in cauldrons (best in icau5), or just about any ritual use where a little heavier is better.
www.mortarandpestles.net   (871 words)

  
 pestle analysis pfarmaceuticals: termpaperssyllabus.com- syllabus term papers, syllabus essays, syllabus research papers
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 Mortars and pestles Pestles and Mortars
This heavy flint glass mortar and pestle has a lip for easy pouring.
Mortars and pestles are made of thick-walled agate and have highly polished grinding surfaces.
This extremely high density set is made of finely powdered synthetic sapphire and is capable of grinding materials not achieved through the use of ceramic or metal mortars.
www.vgdllc.com /mortar_pestle.htm   (138 words)

  
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 Natural Wood Chinois Sieve Pestle - Cooking.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Use this wood Pestle with a chinois or conical sieve.
If we're missing any information about this item which would be helpful or if you have found something that is confusing or in error, please tell us so we can improve our site.
I would like to see wider pestles that don't let the food simply move to the other side of the chinois.
www.cooking.com /products/shprodde.asp?SKU=103585   (163 words)

  
 Beaumont
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a very silly play with a great deal of verbal wit and situational humor that is, of course, four hundred years out of date, but which you can still appreciate if you are attentive to the situation and the characterizations.
This play belongs to a genre very popular at the time (though Shakespeare did not write in it) usually called "city comedy" or "citizen comedy" since it deals not with kings and heroes, but with ordinary London citizens of the day.
The title of The Knight of the Burning Pestle, however, clearly indicates a "romance" play of spectacular adventure, magic, and bizarre events in sprawling storylines (which plays Shakespeare did write: think of The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, etc.).
f00.middlebury.edu /LI101C/beaumont.html   (458 words)

  
 Molcajete (Mortar and Pestle) for only $19.95
Molcajete - Mortar and Pestle - Mexican Molcajete
Molcajete or Mexican Molcajete - A large stone bowl or mortar and a pestle to grind chiles and spices.
The word tejolote (pestle) also derives from Nahuatl: “tetl” (stone) and “xolotl” (doll)."Foods traditionally prepared in the molcajete include salsas and mole's (mohl-LAY), as well as guacamole.
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 Mortar & Pestle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This particular piece sold the first night it was exhibited.
A "winged" mortar and pestle, the third piece in the "emerging" bowl series.
The red floral form is epoxy filler in cavities in the wood.
www.cartsandcrafts.com /sculpture_8.htm   (53 words)

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