Thursday, February 9, 2012

What On Earth Is Molcajete?

By El Guaco


A molcajete is a Mexican version with the mortar and pestle tool made from volcanic rock. You are able to almost certainly obtain it on sale in each Mexican street market but it is a bit harder to come by elsewhere. Molcajete is used for grinding distinct food goods certainly such as guacamole.

Like the guacamole itself molcajete also comes from the Aztec persons and possibly even further back. As stated it's produced out of vesicular basalt and is made in one particular piece. It generally has three legs and looks some thing like this:

What is cool about molcajete is that the volcanic rock from which it really is made of is definitely rough and is for that reason an excellent grinding surface. Since the rock is complete of tiny bubbles which can be continuously worn down the molcajete interior stays sharp. The other consequence of this can be that molcajete obviously can never be definitely correctly cleaned. It carries the taste of all prior meals into the subsequent one particular :) which can be cool for that additional some thing for your guacamole.

Apart from that you could also use it for cooking (not so considerably) and serving dishes since it stays warm for a genuinely extended time.

Is guacamole far better if it is actually created in molcajete that inside a blender or an ordinary ceramic bowl?

It definitely is much more authentic but with regards to taste you might have to determine your self.




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