On Sun 11 May 2008 08:49:16a, Goomba38 told us...

> Last night I made chorizo per the recipe in Rick Bayless' "Mexico, One
> Plate at a Time" cookbook. It calls for you to grind the bay leaves with
> mortar and pestle, which I don't own. I tried to do it in the food
> processor, even adding the salt from the recipe to act as an abrasive
> but it barely worked.
> Any other suggestions to get the job done?

Yes, I use a "whirly blade" type of coffee grinder to grind all my spices.
It quickly reduces almost anything, including bay leaves, to a fine powder.
If you don't have one, it's worth the usually cheap investment. I'm still
using the $15 Oster that I bought in the 1970s.

Other notably had things to grind are whole cloves and allspice berries.
The coffee mill totally pulverizes them.

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Wayne Boatwright
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