[Sca-cooks] querns

[Stefan li Rous]

Margaret asked:
> Does anybody have any good references (hopefully ones that the U of MN has
> in its keeping) for pictures or photographs of medieval pot querns? The SO
> has had another Idea and I promised I'd ask. (Yep, he only keeps me around
> for my research skills...)

What exactly is a "pot quern"? This is a hand grinding wheel, right? Or is
more like a mortar and pestle?

I seem to remember in one of my medieval technology books, a picture
of a courtyard paved with confiscated querns. But I suspect you want
closeups and more details.
>
> For that matter, does anybody have any sources for soft wheat in grain
> form, i.e., not ground into flour yet (short of actually raising the
> stuff)?

And right after that, Sandra replied to Margaret with:
> >For that matter, does anybody have any sources for soft wheat in grain
> >form, i.e., not ground into flour yet (short of actually raising the stuff)?
>
>      I suspect Greenstar has it, if nobody closer to you can get it.

And who or what is "Greenstar"? And what kinds of other, possibly
interesting, things do they sell?

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