"KWR" > wrote in message
s.com...
> Peter Dy wrote:
>
> > "Lawrence" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >> (snip)
> >>
> >>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.
> >
> >
>
> I've seen them for sale on a couple of yahoo websites - websites which
> look eerily similar to one another, actually -
>
> http://www.indomerchant.com/stonecobek.html
> http://www.asianmerchant.com/stonecobek.html


Neat, thanks! The pestle looks interesting--unlike the other Indonesian
ones I've seen. I thought they had a sharp curve in them? Or maybe you
just can't tell from the photo.

Has anyone here ever used one? I'm interested in getting one. My little
sister [I think I've since shaken John Ashcroft off my tail for my secret
stash of Sichuan peppercorns, such that I can admit to having a sis again.]
collects egg cups, sorta. I told her: "I think I want to collect mortar
and pestles." I was sorta joking, but I do like the things, and I've
already got several lying around my flat, so why not?

Peter