A brown betty is a typical teapot found in most British households.  Molcajete is the Spanish word for mortar, as in mortar and pestle.  In Spanish, the pestle is called a mano.  My mother is English and she gave me my first brown betty.  My first molcajete was also a gift but from my best friend's mother, who gave it to me as a house warming present when I moved out of her house and into my first apartment.  If you know me, you know I am an American girl with a heavy dose of English and a deep love of the Spanish language and Mexican culture. I like to say I am the only person I know who has both a brown betty and a molcajete in her kitchen.