Peter Dy wrote:

> "Lawrence" > wrote in message
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> > Peter Dy wrote:
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> > > "Lawrence" > wrote in message
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> > > [...]
> > > > As I write this, I'm watching, and listening too my housekeeper make a
> red
> > > > curry paste....The motion is a twisting/stirring movement,
> > > alternating...The
> > > > stirring is mostly to clean the sides and position for the twisting
> > > (grinding)
> > > > motion...
> > >
> > > Lawrence, is that with a granite mortar and pestle? I've tried that
> with,
> > > say, garlic, and the sides are too smooth for it to work. Hmmm...
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > > Oh, and the paste is fairly dry....a bit like play dough, or sand with
> > > just
> > > > enough moisture to mold, but no liquids oozing...
> > > >
> > > > Like this........ (showing it to my com)...See?
> > >
> > > As Rona says, "Where's the pics?!"
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> > Peter, my housekeeper loves the red clay mortars (with stone and wooden
> > pestles)...
>
> Ah, ok. Yeah, the motions used for clay ones are different than those used
> for the granite ones. And those used for Indonesian-style mortars and
> pestles differ yet again. Never seen the latter in the States though.
>
> > You can get to miss some of the weirdest things from 'home' sometimes...A
> while
> > ago, it was Butterfingers. I don't know why...I think the last one I had
> was
> > about 30 years ago...
>
> Hehe. I can see that, though those Chinese, pounded peanut candies are very
> similar, just without the chocolate. I missed Doritos.
>
> > Speaking of food cravings, it reminds me of an American Monk I met in
> Thailand
> > some years ago. He had joined the ThammaYut sect, which the King also
> belonged
> > to, and it's quite a bit stricter than the Theravada sect, the largest
> Buddhist
> > sect in Thailand. He's been in Thailand almost 40 years, but he was
> telling me
> > that when he was living in an Issan wat, he often prayed for a pizza and
> chilled
> > green salad while was doing his morning rounds collecting food...
>
> There's an good movie about 2 Germans attending a monestary in Japan, called
> Enlightenment Guaranteed. Pretty funny. No food cravings though.
>
> I think you meant that ThammaYut is smaller than the largest sect,
> MahaNikai. Both are Theravada.

Yes, you're right...A bit of late night brainfreeze on my part

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> Peter