[Sca-cooks] Period cooking oils?

[Daniel Myers]

On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 08:08 PM, El Hermoso Dormido wrote:
> I'm looking in my pantry and suddenly find myself wondering how
> many oils besides olive oil are period...
>
> I haven't so far run into references that specify nut oils,
> for example.  All of the "period" references that I remember
> running into so far just say "oil"...
>
> Is almond or walnut oil period?  (Considering the ubiquity
> of almonds in medieval cooking, I would have imagined so,
> but haven't found any sources so far that say one way or another...)
>
> Or any other oils?


On a quick check, almond oil, walnut oil, "nut oil", and "special oil"
are referenced in "Libellus de arte coquinaria" [Northern Europe, ca.
1300] (I've no idea what the last two oils are - and apparently neither
did the translators).


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