pestles

• “Yuh see dey hab uh big block outer in de yard wid uh big hole in it dat dey put de rice in en take dese t'ing call pestles en beat down on it en dat wha 'knock de shaft offen it.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1

• “All such stones are classed as "pestles," for convenience; they could have also been used as hammers, bone crushers, and in various other ways.”

  Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76

• “Anything loose, like baskets, large pots, pestles, and mortars, was removed to leave the paths and passages clear of things Kristianos could hide behind.”

  Simon & Schuster: Fire The Sky

• “Taboo poi bowls and finger bowls, left-handed adzes of the canoe gods, lava-cup lamps, stone mortars and pestles and poi-pounders.”

  SHIN-BONES

• “Stretched out before us are 8 applewood pestles that have never broken or needed repair.”

  The Huffington Post: Lael Hazan: Timeless Rice: A Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe

• “Everyone on our bus bought the rice made with pestles, and later commented on its rich nutty flavor.”

  The Huffington Post: Lael Hazan: Timeless Rice: A Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe

• “Women mashed the fruit with pestles to make a traditional porridge-like food.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'Food of the Future' Has One Hitch: It's All But Inedible

• “Make the trophies in the shapes of prescription bottles, IV bags, or mortars and pestles.”

  The Huffington Post: Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories

• “An energetic young couple, male and female, wait under a patch of thatched shade to raise oversize pestles and take up the vigorous pounding in a stone mortar that takes the place of an electric coffee grinder here.”

  The Wall Street Journal: One Hour Out: Bali

• “The women were going around the circle, taking turns thrusting the giant pestles into the container to mash the corn.”

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