SC - walnut oil
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Thu May 22 18:15:51 PDT 1997
This is Elizabeth, following the list a couple weeks late, posting from
David's account.
At 3:19 PM -0400 5/8/97, Karen Farris wrote:
>
>
> Would any of you illustrious chefs inform a poor French peasant girl
> of the periodicity of walnut oil? What about other nut oils or
> vegetable oils? Is there script of any other than animal lards and
> olive oil?
>
According to a 13th century Book of Trades (quoted in _Daily Living in the
12th Century_), the oil merchant sold olive oil, almond oil, walnut oil,
linseed oil, and poppy oil.
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