Why didn’t Mexico abandon the metate?

Third or fourth pass grinding barley on a metate Lots more questions than I can take up.  But one that several commentators have raised is “Why did the simple grindstone…

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Pounding and grinding

Grinding versus pounding. Hands up.  Who can really say what grist, pottage, meal, flour, gruel, and dozens of other words meant in the past?   Well, I can’t either, at least…

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Making flour

Not so easy, as I learned long ago.  Of all the possible food sources, grass seeds–which is all that grains or cereals are–have to be one of the most improbable. …

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