What's wrong with this sentence?

Nobody seems to bother with a proof reader these days. That's for sure!

A bit Star Trek? ‘ to boldly go’. Good English is ‘to go boldly’ I think, so ‘Crush the peppercorns lightly

Was the recipe any good otherwise?

Ought to be...
'Lightly crush the peppercorns in a mortar with a pestle'.

Oops! Just seen the photos!

Hahaha!

Chemistry lessons at school taught me mortar and pestle. Loads of people say pestle and mortar (*the wrong way round!*) so I suppose that's how the confusion arises. I live in the North East (but don't originate from here) where people eat jam and bread. It surely has to be bread and jam? You can't have the jam before the bread or you'd get very sticky! Same principle with mortar and pestle.

You have a "vessel with a pestle" from a Danny Kaye film?

If you didn’t have a mortar, could you use the chalice from the palace instead?

The pestle is the hand held bit, the mortar is the bowl.
Whoever actually transcribed it should have known better.
It would have made better sense to write, 'Using a pestle and mortar, lightly crush....' blah blah.

The bread looks good lizzypopbottle ??