How was nut milk made before blenders?
score:12
Your imagination is right. A mortar for grinding and a cloth for straining were the most often used tools.
One recipe:
Le Menagier de Paris’s almond milk soup
This delicate soup is ideal for the infirmary, but can also be enjoyed by healthy monks.
Bring a pot of water containing two onions to the boil. Meanwhile blanch about 300 grams of almonds in boiling water to soften the skins; leave to cool and peel. After the water has boiled for about 20 minutes, take out the onions and set aside, retaining the water. Next, pound the almonds in a large mortar or food processor, adding most of the water used to cook the onions. Strain the liquid through a muslin cloth to produce a fine milky liquid. Next fry the onions gently in butter. Once the onions are golden brown, add them to the almond milk. Serve with croutons or toast.
–– Andrew Jotischky: "A Hermit’s Cookbook. Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages", Continuum: New York, London, 2011.
Textiles are the solution to this. Cloth – like cheese cloth – for this was available for a long time.
If original manuscripts detailing this kind of recipe are more your thing:
Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque Valais, S 108 Parchment · 1 f. · 194.5 x 13.3 cm · second half of the 13th century Viandier Go to Overview Page
Language: French Manuscript Summary: This scroll contains a collection of 133 culinary recipes that served as a source for the famous Viandier of Guillaume Tirel, or Taillevent. It was part of the library of Bishop Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482) and his son Georges (ca. 1450-1529). (tog) Standard description: Description de Nadia Togni pour e-codices, 2010. Show standard description
Online Since: 11/04/2010
This is illustrated in
"Almond Milk the Medieval Way" part 1, part 2, A dollop of History, Posted by Sannieb on November 9 + 20 , 2016.
More post
- 📝 Which were the continent-wide common languages in human history?
- 📝 What is the date and original source of this medieval picture?
- 📝 Pre-WW2 location of Skalat
- 📝 Would Plutarch be considered a historian by modern standards?
- 📝 What was Poland's involvement in the Vietnam War?
- 📝 Why did Bavaria join Prussia/Germany instead of Austria?
- 📝 When were marching bands last used in warfare?
- 📝 How would one refer to/address a Shogun?
- 📝 When Napoleonic wars happened?
- 📝 Is the Alexandria, Va. "Republican shooting" the first mass shooting of its kind in the USA?
- 📝 When and why did the Democrats become the more liberal of the two main parties in the USA?
- 📝 Why is such a large percentage of Jewish population worldwide in USA
- 📝 Monotheism/Atheism in Polytheistic societies
- 📝 What major historical event opened the door to the passage of a homesteading bill?
- 📝 How frequently were homing pigeons used in the World Wars?
- 📝 How much did a transatlantic telegram cost in 1914?
- 📝 Was the Taiping Rebellion the deadliest war of the 19th Century?
- 📝 Did Victorian parents raise their children "sexless" to prolong innocence?
- 📝 What book on liberty did Lord Acton not write?
- 📝 Which religion was the first monotheistic one?
- 📝 Did French Seamen Join the US Merchant Marine in WWII?
- 📝 How were the prophecies of Biblical prophets such as Isaiah first published or disseminated?
- 📝 List of Lend Lease deliveries by years
- 📝 Historical precedent for using bodyguards as special forces?
- 📝 Did German submarines communicate with allied convoys during battle?
- 📝 What was the purpose of Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews' flight when he was killed in the Iceland crash on May 3, 1943?
- 📝 Could the Russian fleet go via northern route to Port Arthur instead of via Cape of Good Hope?
- 📝 How did thieves get into Egyptian pyramids?
- 📝 What was the death toll during the Inquisition?
- 📝 Why are there multiple versions of the color plate "Excavation of Olive Mount"?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 How was nut milk made before blenders?
- 📝 How was law enforcement handled in large US cities before professional police?
- 📝 How prevalent was pork in Arabia before Arabs conversion to Islam?
- 📝 Before the Land Bridge Theory, how was human presence in the Americas explained?
- 📝 How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it?
- 📝 How was body temperature checked before thermometers?
- 📝 How was planning done before computers?
- 📝 How widespread was the Arabic Language in Syria before Islamic conquest?
- 📝 How was whiskey made in the 1800's?
- 📝 How was money transferred before digital transactions?
- 📝 How common was travelling before the invention of the steam engine?
- 📝 How was South African infrastructure before 1994?
- 📝 How often was bread made at home? Daily? Weekly?
- 📝 How blockadable was the Strait of Gibraltar before Operation "Torch?"
- 📝 How do they prove adultery before video/digital evidence was available?
- 📝 Is there any evidence to support the claim that the United States was "suckered into WW1" by Zionists, made by Benjamin Freedman in his 1961 speech?
- 📝 How did people wash dishes before dish detergent?
- 📝 How was Germany able to hold itself together, while Austria-Hungary could not?
- 📝 How serious was Fermat's statement about the ancients?
- 📝 What was the religion of the Arabic people before conversion to Islam?
- 📝 How and when was the modern company ownership structure invented?
- 📝 How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942?
- 📝 How long was a sea journey from England to East Africa 1868-1877?
- 📝 How did medieval manors handle population growth? Was there room for more fields to be ploughed?
- 📝 Was Nixon's Vietnam claim right before the 1968 election true?
- 📝 Why was PTSD not written about as much before the 20th century?
- 📝 How popular was the Soviet Union?
- 📝 How could Jews integrate into Western modern society back when Saturday was a normal working day?
- 📝 Was any stimulant used in wars before WW2 that gave a significant advantage to soldiers?
- 📝 How was titanium transported from Soviet Union to Area 51 for Oxcart?