We buy cardamom as whole seeds at a local small market (because at the big grocery store, ground cardamom is about $18 a bottle!), which means we have to grind it ourselves.
I'm sure it'd be faster to use the coffee grinder, but there's something so satisfying about a mortar and pestle. When we buy a new packet of seeds, the mortar and pestle usually stays out for a week or two, and we give it a few good pounds every once in a while in passing.
The kids love to help with this too . . . pounding spices is a good, aggressive activity for, say, a three-year-old boy.
And it makes the kitchen smell heavenly. Makes you realize why spices used to be subject to tithing. They're that good.
peace of Christ to you,
Jessica Snell
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