SC - Gold, Silver, Etc.

[Sarah Elmore]

> Alys-Katherine,
> 
> I think you are confusing homogenization with pasteurization.
> Homogenization it a method of stirring the milk so thoroughly that the
> cream, which is mostly butterfat, does not separate out from the body of
> the milk. Pasteurization is a sterilization process which kills all the
> little bacteria in the milk, and it can be done in one's own kitchen.
> Non-homogenized milk may be legally sold for human consumption. here in
> Ohio, anyway, but non- Pasteurized may not. Raw milk is the term for milk
> fresh from the cow, which has had neither of these processes applied to it,
> and I agree that most people would be better off not drinking rae milk. I
> have on many occasions, but I was familiar with both the farmer and the
> cow, and I would not suggest drinking it to others unless the drinker had a
> similar familiarity.
> 
> phlip at morganco.net
> 
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
> 
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> : Celestria wrote:
> : 
> : >I was under the impression that in period silver leaf was the only 
> : >precious metal used for food decoration that was also eaten?  Also is 
> : >the silver and gold leaf available at the local craft store fit for 
> : >human consumption?
> : 
> : Gold, silver and painted tin leaf were all used to cover or decorate 
> : foods (see The Viandier of Taillevent).  Others have probably posted 
> : about using gold and silver leaf that is NOT mixed with other metals.  
> : I don't know about the desirability of eating tin leaf.  Possibly it 
> : was pulled off the foodstuff before consumption.  Or, maybe someone ate 
> : it.  People ate and used things (lead in cosmetics, for example) that 
> : we modern folk wouldn't use.  (Minor digression - How many of us would 
> : actually drink raw cow's milk, presuming we could even buy it?  In 
> : Ohio, for example, _if_ you can find it, it is only to be fed to 
> : animals.  Hard to make certain the period dishes using homogenized 
> : milk!)
> : 
> : Alys Katharine
> : 
> : 
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