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| My dh is Greek, and my mil is trying to teach me how to make some of her dishes. One of the tools she uses all the time she brought back from her mother's kitchen in the village in Greece. I don't even know what it's called or where to get something like it, but I need one!
Imagine and mortar and pestle. What I'm looking for is the stick part of it, but much, much larger (the size of a large hammer, maybe), and all wood. She uses it for a variety of things, and both she and I have been on a search for one for me, and she swears that I'm not getting hers until she dies. Any ideas? |
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- Posted by AKAsTJ_Northern_CA (My Page) on Sun, Jan 16, 05 at 10:01
| I just ran a Google.com Search for wooden pestle and it returned a number of hits. Many outside the US. However, one of the links noted a 7" wooden pestle. I've linked those results below... TJ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Kalyx.com / 7-inch Wooden Pestle Suribachi
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| snookums, If I understand correctly, I too looked for that same item. I wanted it to use with a China cap as a food mill. I eventually found a pale imitation(only 10 inches long) at an old timey mail order place out of Ohio. I vainly looked to find the name, but I found the place through a link somebody posted here. The most common name this Restoration Hardware type outfit carries is Heartland Ranges, but their site is down. Good luck finding your "bowling pin", as I have not seen what I really wanted in over 20 years...Jackie |
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| Without exactly seeing it it does sound like something that wouldn't be very difficult for someone with a wood lathe to make. Ask people you know at work etc..there's bound to be some guy who works with wood as a hobby in his garage or basement. |
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| Here's a wooden pestle, is this what you are looking for? It's from a place called Fantes, in Philly. Good luck in your search |
Here is a link that might be useful: Fantes
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| The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book mentions an item called a dough knob--a wooden implement about a foot long, the handle about 3/4 inch diameter and the head about twice as big, a few inches long. (The illustration looks like a 1.5 to 2 inch diameter stick was lathed down to make a 3/4 inch handle, leaving a business end of about 1 1/2 inches diameter, a few inches long.) If that is what you are looking for, good luck--they said they weren't able to find one either in any store. I googled for that item without success, as well. jackie37, that place in Ohio you mention might be Lehman's. I'll link to it; I have bought several hard to find items from there, and have always been impressed with their quality, prices and service. I'd do business with them anytime. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Lehman's
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| arley & all who kindly responded - yes, that's what I'm looking for. Hers is about 10 inches to a foot long (I haven't measured) and looks kinda like the one with ridges linked to here. She uses it for so many things... Mashing potatoes |
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| Success, maybe--Whetstone Woodenware has an item they call a Colonial Masher. Looks pretty heavy-duty, 12 in. by 2.5 dia. Something like this? (on the link page, go down to the third picture, look at the middle item) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Masher
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| arley - that's pretty darn close - except hers has a rounded tip, which I do think it needs. (But maybe I can have my dh make it into a rounded tip...hmmmm....) |
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| Sounds like an old fashioned wooden potato masher to me....serves a lot of purposes...smashing mashing poking, pushing etc..... Linda C |
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