Sqwertz wrote:
> Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> You really need to get a small coffee grinder. I don't know how you
> managed without either this long.
>
> -sw

LOL, neither do I now!? I always put whole spices in when I could, and
own the basics ground too, but bay leaves are NOT commonly called for in
many recipes so it has never been an issue before. I look forward to
discovering all I can use my newly ordered mortar and pestle for. I
decided to go low-tech to start with though.