Why doesn’t the West grind wet like the Mexicans?

Grinding boiled wheat. Here are a couple of questions from my food historian companion-in-arms, Ken Albala. So why do people say you need wheat to make bread? This is about…

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Grinding Chocolate by Hand

Following up on an earlier post about turning cacao beans into chocolate, Lesley TĂ©llez provides a timely lesson on what grinding chocolate on the metate (grindstone) is actually like. Pain…

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The trick to grinding cacao on the metate (grindstone).

Now grinding seeds is always hard so it’s no wonder that Beatrice resorted to the coffee grinder, especially because she was working with a pestle and mortar, which, even if…

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