{"id":6500,"date":"2026-04-30T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:02:11","slug":"second-ode-to-the-mortar-and-pestle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/second-ode-to-the-mortar-and-pestle\/","title":{"rendered":"Second ode to the mortar and pestle\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes, the beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-pilon\/\">mortar and pestle<\/a> is back on the blog! And that\u2019s not accidental.\u00a0 This\u00a0 kitchen tool, which is disappearing from our kitchens, deserves to shine through my writings once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest: we\u2019ve all surrendered to the food processor. Me first! In a blink, <a href=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/gou-epis-lakay\/\">our Haitian <em>epis<\/em><\/a> is \u201cblended,\u201d and we move on to the next thing. Is that practical? Absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But this begs the question : what will be of our good old wooden pestle?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Is its fate to be reduced to becoming a decorative object that reminds us of times past or, to be buried in a cupboard where it will gather dust never to come out again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months ago, an Instagram post stopped me dead in my tracks. The author claimed that, without electricity, it was impossible for residents of a rural town of Haiti to prepare their s\u00f2s pwa and eat well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impossible? Really?!&nbsp; How do you think our grandmothers cooked?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With a wooden mortar and pestle of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s when it hit me. In my first pilon article, I had done this tool an injustice. I had limited it to <em>epis<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the pestle does far more. It is the heartbeat of Haitian cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to its \u201cepis\u201d melody, it has, throughout my childhood, been the maestro of the pureed beans of <a href=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/sos-pwa-haitian-bean-sauce\/\">our s\u00f2s pwa<\/a>, the giraumon of our soup joumou, and the vegetables of <a href=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-touffe-legume\/\">our touff\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?ssl=1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"6247\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/love-notes-to-haiti\/haitian-coffee-tchakayiti-haiti\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?fit=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coffee beans from Haiti | Tchakayiti, a Haitian Food Blog\" class=\"wp-image-6247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Haitian-Coffee-tchakayiti-Haiti.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A bigger version with a long-handled pestle has also transformed roasted coffee beans into powder for years. Lucie, an \u201cabitan\u201d from my neighborhood would tell you a lot if she were alive today. She religiously ground her coffee powder\u2026with none other than a pestle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I keep fond memories of days spent watching our cook at work, her movements steady, the pestle rising and falling, jerky but precise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each ingredient composed its own symphony under the blows of the pestle: the rhythmic pounding of roasted coffee, the soft murmur of a mirliton or a boiled pumpkin, or the fragrant harmony of onions, garlic, pepper and piman bouk&#8230; True culinary symphonies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, yes, the blender may be quick. But it has no rhythm. No soul. It will never replace the flavor and authenticity of our pestle, let alone match its cadence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each pounding of the pestle reveals a little of our history, our traditions, our know-how; a rhythm that keeps Haitian gastronomy alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this rhythm is fading. Fast. And we\u2019re the ones who can choose to preserve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026 back to our pestles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"3300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-pilon\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved. Tchakayiti&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Haitian cuisine would not exist without our traditional epis, a mix of different seasonings.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The wooden mortar and pestle is at the center of Haitian cuisine. | tchakayiti.com\" class=\"wp-image-3300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wooden-mortar-pestle-haiti-pilon-en-bois-tchakayiti.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the beloved mortar and pestle is back on the blog! And that\u2019s not accidental.\u00a0 This\u00a0 kitchen tool, which is disappearing from our kitchens, deserves to shine through my writings once again. Let\u2019s be honest: we\u2019ve all surrendered to the food processor. Me first! In a blink, our Haitian epis is \u201cblended,\u201d and we move on to the next thing. Is that practical? Absolutely. But this begs the question : what will be of our good old wooden pestle?&nbsp; Is its fate to be reduced to becoming a decorative object that reminds us of times past or, to be buried in a cupboard where it will gather dust never to come out again? A few months ago, an Instagram post stopped me dead in my tracks. The author claimed that, without electricity, it was impossible for residents of a rural town of Haiti to prepare their s\u00f2s pwa and eat well.&nbsp; Impossible? Really?!&nbsp; How do you think our grandmothers cooked?&nbsp; With a wooden mortar and pestle of course! That\u2019s when it hit me. In my first pilon article, I had done this tool an injustice. I had limited it to epis.&nbsp; But the pestle does far more. It is the heartbeat of Haitian cuisine. In addition to its \u201cepis\u201d melody, it has, throughout my childhood, been the maestro of the pureed beans of our s\u00f2s pwa, the giraumon of our soup joumou, and the vegetables of our touff\u00e9. A bigger version with a long-handled pestle has also transformed roasted coffee beans into powder for years. Lucie, an \u201cabitan\u201d from my neighborhood would tell you a lot if she were alive today. She religiously ground her coffee powder\u2026with none other than a pestle. Today, I keep fond memories of days spent watching our cook at work, her movements steady, the pestle rising and falling, jerky but precise. Each ingredient composed its own symphony under the blows of the pestle: the rhythmic pounding of roasted coffee, the soft murmur of a mirliton or a boiled pumpkin, or the fragrant harmony of onions, garlic, pepper and piman bouk&#8230; True culinary symphonies! So, yes, the blender may be quick. But it has no rhythm. No soul. It will never replace the flavor and authenticity of our pestle, let alone match its cadence.\u00a0 Each pounding of the pestle reveals a little of our history, our traditions, our know-how; a rhythm that keeps Haitian gastronomy alive. But this rhythm is fading. Fast. And we\u2019re the ones who can choose to preserve it. 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