[Sca-cooks] Period Flour Query

Elaine Koogler kiridono at gmail.com
Fri Feb 23 07:14:23 PST 2007


For anyone who lives near a Restaurant Depot and can get in, I found drum
sieves there...looked kind of interesting, considered purchasing one, but
quite frankly didn't see any need for one...and my kitchen is already
overloaded with "toys."

Kiri

On 2/23/07, Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> Tamis is a derivative of the Old English temse, which means sieve.  A
> little
> checking suggest that the small drum sieve is primarily a home
> appliance.  A
> larger version was used in some small mills, but the drum sieve is not
> designed for producing a high volume of flour.  I've come across a couple
> of
> descriptions that describe bolting by forming a bag from the bolting
> cloth,
> which was then filled with meal and beaten to produce flour.  And I've
> also
> encountered a description of a tubular cloth bolter worked by two
> men.  Just
> for fun, here is an essay on grist milling that contains a description of
> an
> 18th Century automated bolter:
> http://www.engr.psu.edu/mtah/essays/histbeth/gristmilling.html .
>
> Bear
>
>
>
> > If you look in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the
> > section on kitchen implements, there is a line drawing of a tamis or
> drum
> > sieve.  According to my 90-year-old mom that is what she used as a young
> > woman when learning to cook.  Today's drum sieve - with metal mesh - can
> > sometimes be found in Oriental markets.
> >
> >  Apparently in the SCA period the tamis had a fabric bottom, most likely
> > linen but could be silk.
> >
> >  Cordelia Toser
>
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