Goomba38 wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
>
>> As a chemist, I learned how to use a mortar and pestle and I still
>> know how but you can keep the things! Practically everything that
>> involves incorporating damp things like garlic can be done with the
>> jar-blender attachment of my Braun immersion blender. I used to have a
>> mortar and pestle but I was eternally losing one or the other. To tell
>> the truth I can't remember which is which but I suspect the pestle is
>> the thing you grind with:-)
>
> I remember when pharmacies all had one sitting on the counter for
> compounding medications. Who does *that* anymore?! It is rare.
> I think one of those would be kinda cool though.
We have two compounding pharmacies in the area and they make a great
many of the drugs they sell with the mortar and pestle. My doc sends me
over there every once in awhile.
>
> I'm leaning towards the mortar and pestle over power just because I'm a
> great believer in using elbow grease. I get a certain satisfaction out
> of doing things by hand slowly and as my ancestors might have done.