Where to buy a mortar and pestle

A mortar and pestle set, sometimes mistakenly called a mortal and pestle, is a tool found in many kitchens around the world. People who love to cook grind their own spices for their curries and other eastern dishes. This article gives you a couple of great places to buy a mortar and pestle.

Uses for a mortar and pestle

You can use the mortar and pestle to grind your spices to a coarse texture or to a fine powder. When looking for a mortar and pestle, you need to remember that the two elements of the tool must be smooth and firm enough to grind spices without themselves being ground down or leaving unwanted flavour in the food. Some mortars and pestles are made from porcelain and some from glass. You can buy a marble mortar and pestle, or they can also be made from stone, brass or steel.

Where to buy a mortar and pestle

One source of high quality mortar and pestle sets is CSN stores, a highly respected retailer on the Internet Retailer magazine “Hot 100 List of online retailers for 2009”. Started in 2002 with one online shop, they now carry a wide range of products in the home and garden categories.At CSN you can buy mortars and pestles in Quarry Marble, Italian Stoneware and Classic Ceramic. De Cuisine Another source of mortars and pestles is Decuisine.co.uk. De Cuisine advertises in specialist magazines and on the Internet. They carry a range of high quality of cooking, entertaining and dining products. Their mortar and pestle sets are carved from a single piece of solid Thai granite traditionally used for making grinding millstones, and given a deluxe finish. They come in small, medium and large. The mortars have a lacquered rough hewn exterior which displays the pattern in the granite. Other models are made from porcelain, which means that by using controlled kiln firing, the microscopic pores are closed permanently. The porcelain gives a strong structure which does not absorb flavours, odours or stains. You could crush garlic, wash the mortar and pestle, then crush vanilla pods for dessert. The pestles are made from porcelain and have a beech wood handle which gives a non-slip grip. If you need more information on mortars and pestles, you can browse the products and read the reviews at Amazon.co.uk