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Corn into Meal
Mistress
Spray and her daughter are making cornmeal, sometimes called
meal. Dry corn kernels are ground into meal using a mortar and
pestle. The mortar is made of a short log. It is turned upright
and hollowed out on the top end. The corn is put in the hollow
part and ground by pounding with a long iron rod used as a pestle.
The pounded meal is then sifted in a sieve to separate the larger
bits. It takes about six hours a day to prepare cornmeal for
fourteen people. The women and children take turns doing this
job, which no one enjoys.
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Mortar and pestle between basket of corn and bowl
of meal |
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