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Oct. 20th, 2019
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Oct. 20th, 2019 10:32 pmMore thoughts before bed.
I have three of my granmother's cooking tools. I have her comal, her rolling pin and her chopping/serving block.
The comal is simply the lid from an old cookstove, used to fry up tortillas. I have no idea how old it is, but I'm at least the third generation to use it.
The chopping/serving block is just a great big wood block. One side is clean, for chopping meat, veggies, what have you. The other is burned from at least three generations placing hot pots or pans of food on it.
The rolling pin is also at least three generations old. I've heard that it's just a dowel, sanded down on the ends...but I've also heard it was the handle of a broomstick, cut down and sanded into a rolling pin.
(Mom's rolling pin is even older, being at least four generations back, is jet black from being stored under an oven for 70 years and is oblong in spots from years and years of rolling.)
I don't make much food with these things. The comal and the rolling pin are mostly for tortillas, but I'll use the rolling pin anytime I roll dough. The chopping block I use quite a bit.
I do worry about using them, though. They're fairly old, and I don't know how to take care of them. I just try to keep them clean and dry, and wipe the wood cutting board dry anytime I cut anything on them. The comal needs a cleaning though.
I hope I'm doing them justice.
I have three of my granmother's cooking tools. I have her comal, her rolling pin and her chopping/serving block.
The comal is simply the lid from an old cookstove, used to fry up tortillas. I have no idea how old it is, but I'm at least the third generation to use it.
The chopping/serving block is just a great big wood block. One side is clean, for chopping meat, veggies, what have you. The other is burned from at least three generations placing hot pots or pans of food on it.
The rolling pin is also at least three generations old. I've heard that it's just a dowel, sanded down on the ends...but I've also heard it was the handle of a broomstick, cut down and sanded into a rolling pin.
(Mom's rolling pin is even older, being at least four generations back, is jet black from being stored under an oven for 70 years and is oblong in spots from years and years of rolling.)
I don't make much food with these things. The comal and the rolling pin are mostly for tortillas, but I'll use the rolling pin anytime I roll dough. The chopping block I use quite a bit.
I do worry about using them, though. They're fairly old, and I don't know how to take care of them. I just try to keep them clean and dry, and wipe the wood cutting board dry anytime I cut anything on them. The comal needs a cleaning though.
I hope I'm doing them justice.