SC - an interesting challenge...and its even about medieval food! :)

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Allison,     allilyn at juno.com wrote:
>Chiquart's chickpeas--vegan
(SNIP)
>[possibly, if almond oil is not available, olive oil and
>almond extract might be used. (SNIP)

No need to put almond extract into your cooking oil. Almond oil, aka 
sweet almond oil, is very "mild" and doesn't have a strong flavor, 
unlike a good olive oil has a very pronounced flavor. Sweet almond 
oil doesn't taste like bitter almond, which is the common "almond 
flavor". So I'd say, if you have no almond oil, use a light vegetable 
oil of some sort (not peanut, for example, as it too has a pronounced 
flavor). But you can find sweet almond oil at health food stores 
where the other cooking and salad oils are, so you might give it a 
try.

Anahita al-shazhiyya