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From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Making sesame paste
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 19:32:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 19:32:01 1986
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Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci.
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I have an old cast-aluminum hand mill (ya ever see those old meat
grinders that clamp onto the side of a table? This looks just like
that but has two large circular faces with spiral scoring.) I have
used it for sesame paste, peanut butter, coffee, all sorts of things,
works like a champ, I found it in a drawer in a house I moved into
years ago, the people living there (it was a share) had lived there
for years and had no idea where it came from and said "if you know
what it is, it's yours", it's mine. Maybe look in antique stores, very
handy thing, not as much work as it sounds, kinda fun actually and
lotsa control over the process. I guess I could send the brand cast
into it, not home right now tho. If I remember right sometimes you
have to add some sesame oil to fix the consistency, depends on the
seeds you get but you'll know when you're done (it may appear more
like an oily flour than a paste, just beat in some sesame oil.)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University