My niece got a guacamole bowl as a wedding present. She’d use it more often, but cleaning it is a bit of a chore. Is there some step she should be aware of, like coating it with olive oil or something before crushing avacados in it?
If you put “cleaning molcajete” into Google, you’ll get a bunch of hits. Here’s info on how to work with a molcajete from Melissa Guerra, a somewhat well-known (locally) Texas cook:
https://www.melissaguerra.com/blog/how-to-cure-a-molcajete
Molcajetes tend to be one of those things that’s great in theory, but a PITA in practice.
My wife came into our marriage with a humongous heavy one, and we almost never use it- it’s heavy and can easily mess up countertops and cabinets unless a lot of care is taken. And then it’s really hard to get clean with the porous surface.
I kind of wonder if this was a gringo molcajete, and there are ones made from relatively non-porous basalt in Mexico that you can wash like a regular dish, without having to deal with a pressure washer or wire brush.
Thanks, I sent my niece that link.
Work the molcajete; they smooth out over time.