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Originally Posted by Wormius
Did you know that off the top of your head? Are you a guacamole bowl savant? That is such random, archaic knowledge.
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Yes. It was OTOH.
It's the volcanic rock looking mortar and pestle thing they serve guac in at Anejo. It intentionally has weird gaps and grooves in the stone and is intentionally not smooth. Apparently you mash garlic into the gaps to season it, but that seems completely weird to me. It's for spice mashing or salsa/guac.
https://www.cocinaxicana.com/post/ho...your-molcajete
I have a rough granite mortar and pestle I got from Costco years ago that I'm not too impressed with and although it's not a legitimate Mexican volcanic rock a Spanish friend of mine took one look and told me if I ever didn't want it, he'd take it and it would work great as a Molcajete.
I'm still debating whether to take him up on the offer and replacing it with a smooth stone mortar and pestle that doesn't have gaps and grooves in it, but I honestly rarely use a mortar and pestle.