What is this 'mortar and pestle' called? What is it used for? And why does she have it? Oh, wait, she knows why she has it – she bought it at a garage sale several years ago for twenty-five cents from someone who also didn't know what it was, or was for, and hoped she could solve the great mystery. She couldn't.
As you can see, it's just a smidge over seven inches long, including pestle, and an inch wide. It's cute. But what is it? The inside is smooth, so it must be used for crushing rather than grinding?
She's taken it into various Kitchen Stores, and no one has a
clue. They look at it, then at Rainy Day, then stare blankly into the void and
shrug their shoulders, repeating the same mantra, "I dunno. Good luck on
finding out."
It seems a labor intensive way to get cranberry juice, one berry at a time. With the spout, Rainy Day thinks it looks more like it's for liquid whatevers than dry whatevers. But, maybe it's for crushing dry stuff and then carefully pouring?
If you know what it is and what it's for, would you be so
kind as to tell Rainy Day? Please. Pretty please.
Oh, one more thing, it was made in Japan and the back of the
mortar, near the bottom has two wee teensy 'feet' to keep it from rolling
around, and the top has a hole for a hook or nail.
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