How to grind corn, beans and stuff without a grinder.

Good evening folks. How's everyone tonight? I'm looking for a suitable mortar and pestle to grind corn and stuff for mush, soup and stuff. I never have used one before, but to try it. Which is the top one for corn, beans, wheat, oats and things of that nature? And do that it improve flavor? Please reach me if you all need me. See ya!

I often use a 5 gallon bucket, and a 2x4 board.

Or a steel pot, and a potato masher.

Or a bowl and spoon.

Or a plastic or cloth bag with a hammer.

Which of these you recommend me to do to mash corn, beans and wheat for flour and mush?

I have a small marble mortar and pestle for spices but have been eyeing a bigger molcajete for some time now.

How much material are you planning to process at one time? Grinding things to flour by hand can be tiring in my experience. It is a workout even to get a course grind type flour let alone a finer flour we may be more used to. I find molcajetes are really good for softer things such as salsa but it does do grinding all right.

I'm pro-molcajete, treat them reasonably and they will be there for you. They are more fragile than a mortar and pestle but not fragile in the sense you have to baby it. I'd recommend if you get one to grind some rice in it to 'cure' it and get it ready for grinding duty.

I'm putting in four cups of cornmeal to make mush or five cups of beans for flour to create bread. Should I be better off using a large Molcajcte to hammer my corn and beans for flour?

Something to be aware of when stone-grinding grain -- some grit comes off the stone and ends up in the flour, and it's really hard on your teeth, even if you don't notice it. Historically, it was common to see teeth worn down to the gumline from eating  the resulting bread.