Their daughter told her mother she heard her father grinding a pestle and mortar in the bedroom.

他们的女儿告诉吉尔，说听到爸爸在卧室用杵捣碎一些东西的声音。

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Crush the anchovies in a pestle and mortar with the thyme leaves until you have a fine paste. Then add the lemon juice and olive oil.

凤尾鱼加百里香细细捣碎、加入柠檬汁和橄榄油。

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Chop root vegetables with a bit of enthusiasm, use a pestle and mortar to crush spices rather than an electric grinder, and do the washing-up yourself rather than languidly stacking the dishwasher.

积极地切根茎蔬菜，亲手用研钵捣碎食材而不是用研磨机，自己洗碗而不是懒懒地把碗碟堆在洗碗机里。

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Using a mortar and pestle, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside."

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Grind the cumin and coriander finely with a mortar and pestle or in a spice grinder.

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In Italy, where I can slide my mortar and pestle across a counter, brace myself, and move it to the table, the only thing that ever fell on my foot was a full bottle of Barolo, and it was three in the morning, I had been working late, and the fig tart in the oven was about to burn.

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