watermelon purchase

Koko said:

Look at the symmetry of it. I really like the swirls.
http://i16.tinypic.com/4orn4f4.jpg

Pretty.

I see a mortar and pestle behind it. I am getting ready to get one.
Which one do you have?

This is the one I am thinking of getting...

http://www.importfood.com/mortarpestle.html

Christine

Christine Dabney said:

Koko said:

Look at the symmetry of it. I really like the swirls.
http://i16.tinypic.com/4orn4f4.jpg

Pretty.

I see a mortar and pestle behind it. I am getting ready to get one.
Which one do you have?

This is the one I am thinking of getting...

http://www.importfood.com/mortarpestle.html

Christine

Yea, I love my molcajete. It measures across inside 6 1/4 inches.
I think it's lava stone.

I have a few mortar and pestle but this is my favorite. There is a
better view of it on my blog under pages, hand made pesto.

I bought it at a Mexican market. If you want one let me know I'll
bring it with me to the cookin' I don't think it was all that much.

Koko
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George Bernard Shaw

Koko said:

One of my fruit purchases this weekend was this watermelon.
I sliced that baby open and thought the inside was so pretty, I had to
share.
Look at the symmetry of it. I really like the swirls.
http://i16.tinypic.com/4orn4f4.jpg

Very cool. I've been on a watermelon kick too.

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Queenie

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Yea, I love my molcajete. It measures across inside 6 1/4
inches. I think it's lava stone.

As you wrote..

"I keep the molcajete ready by pounding rice into it after
cleaning it. I read that somewhere."
http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycorner/hand_made_pesto.html

What does pounding rice into a molcajete accomplish?

Thank you.

That picture makes me so hungry for watermelon. I just added it to my
list for the market tomorrow. I'm just deciding if I have the guts to
brave Costco....maybe if I go early.
Have a great 4th,
Ellie

Koko said:

One of my fruit purchases this weekend was this watermelon.
I sliced that baby open and thought the inside was so pretty, I had to
share.
Look at the symmetry of it. I really like the swirls.
http://i16.tinypic.com/4orn4f4.jpg

No, I haven't been hitting the G&T..yet ;-)

I've been waiting for Sheldon to reply with, "BOY, I'd like to ball that!"

Bob

sandi said:

Koko wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Yea, I love my molcajete. It measures across inside 6 1/4
inches. I think it's lava stone.

As you wrote..

"I keep the molcajete ready by pounding rice into it after
cleaning it. I read that somewhere."
http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycorner/hand_made_pesto.html

What does pounding rice into a molcajete accomplish?

Thank you.

Basically to season it. You shouldn't need to do it but the one time.
I do it again quickly, not the whole dang process, if what I used it
for needed to be washed out rather than brushed out, like pesto or
guacamole.
Here's some more information.
http://www.tortillacocina.com/molcajetes.htm

Koko
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Quoted message said:

That picture makes me so hungry for watermelon. I just added it to my
list for the market tomorrow. I'm just deciding if I have the guts to
brave Costco....maybe if I go early.
Have a great 4th,
Ellie

Thank you, you have a great 4th also.
Hope your melon is a good as mine is.

Koko
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updated 7/01

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George Bernard Shaw

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On 02 Jul 2007 04:22:26 GMT, sandi <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Koko wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Yea, I love my molcajete. It measures across inside 6 1/4
inches. I think it's lava stone.

As you wrote..

"I keep the molcajete ready by pounding rice into it after
cleaning it. I read that somewhere."
http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycorner/hand_made_pesto.html

What does pounding rice into a molcajete accomplish?

Thank you.

Basically to season it. You shouldn't need to do it but the
one time. I do it again quickly, not the whole dang process,
if what I used it for needed to be washed out rather than
brushed out, like pesto or guacamole.
Here's some more information.
http://www.tortillacocina.com/molcajetes.htm

Koko

Thank you so much for the information Koko! :-)
I had never heard/read about this process.