Grind

Culinary definition of grind:  To use friction or a grinder to reduce food to fine particles or pieces.

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Sometimes, recipes suggest grinding garlic or other ingredient to a paste - sometimes in a mortar and pestle.   Most often however, grinding refers to the forcing of meat and/or ingredients through a mechanical hand-powered or electric device (right), to break the item(s) apart and change their compostion from solid to small or fine particles. 

Mechanical devices most-often have adjustable settings, to regulate particle size.  Ground beef or lamb, sausage, and applesauce are examples of ground foods - also known as forcemeats.  Older and ethnic cookbooks often refer to mechanical grinding as mincing and ground meat as minced meat.

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