SC - Malt Powder

[Christine A Seelye-King]

It is my understanding that Malt is from toasted barley, hence, barley
malt.  Or perhaps the term barley malt just specifies that it is barley
and not wheat malt.  Where is Waverly Root?  (leaving the room briefly
and consulting the reference section) Ok, nothing in 'FOOD', but here is
the OED listing.

Malt [Com. Teut.:OE 'mealt':-OTeut.*'maltos-'neut.;f. the root of
Melt,Smelt vbs] 1.Barley or other grain prepared for brewing or
distilling by steeping, germinating, and kiln-drying, or by
gelatinization, etc.
 2.transf. Used for: Malt liquor (slang or colloq.) 1718
I. 'Extract of m.', a preparation of m. used as food for invalids. 
Provb. 'The m. is above the meal', said the person under the influence of
drink.
	attrib. and Comb., as m.-spirits; m-cellar, m-meal, etc.; 
m.extract, a saccharine and mucilaginous substance obtained from wort;
also='extract of m.; 
- -floor, (a) a floor on which the malt is spread to germinate; (b) a
perforated floor in the malt-kiln, through which heat ascends from a
furnace below to dry the barley laid upon it;
- -kiln, a kiln in which the m. is dried after steeping and couching; 
m.liquor, liquor made from m. by fermentation, as ale, beer, stout, etc.;
- -sugar = Maltose; -tax, a tax on m., now replaced by the beer-duty;
m.vinegar, vinegar made from the fermentation of m.  

Malt , v., 1440. 1. trans. To convert (grain) into malt.  Also absol.  
b. intr. To admit of being malted 1766.  
2. transf. (pass. and intr.) Of seeds: To come to the condition of malt
owing to germination being checked by drought 1733.  
3. trans. To make (liquor) with malt 1605. 
4. intr. To drink malt liquor (vulgar) 1813.
	3. A man of worship, whose beere was better hopped than maulted CAMDEN. 



So, it seems that it can be any grain, but most likely barley and wheat. 
Hmmm. 
	Christianna
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