The Original Chile Grinder | the philadelphia pepper project
Oct 18, 2011 · Ceramic molcajete made by Metepec potters. Muriel Kirkpatrick, director of the anthropology laboratory and museum at Temple University, sent this picture of a classic molcajete – a chile grinder – that was collected by anthropologist David Strug in the late 60s. Most molcajetes, including the pestle, known as a tejolote, are made of volcanic stone such as .