[Sca-cooks] Almond Milk?

Stefan li Rous StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Mon Dec 6 18:07:09 PST 2010


Olaf of Trollhiemsfjord said:
<<< because all my period cook books are still in 
storage, I have a question.? What is the best ratio of almonds to liquid to make 
almond milk?? I used 4 c ground almonds to 6 c water, brought to a boil, [then 
added 4 lbs of lean (80-20) ground pork to make the white pork] it seemed a 
little "thin".>>>

Sometimes it isn't just the ratio of ground almonds to liquid, but also how finely the almonds are ground, if they've been squeezed to get all the moisture out, how many cycles of liquid the almonds have been through etc.

You might try this Florilegium file in the FOOD section for a bunch more details and recipes on making almond milk.
almond-milk-msg (115K) 4/13/10 Making almond milk. Recipes. Deskinning nuts
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/almond-milk-msg.html

More things to do with almonds:
alnd-mlk-chs-msg (25K) 10/ 2/10 Period almond milk cheese. Cheese and butter-like compounds make from almond milk.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/alnd-mlk-chs-msg.html

almond-cream-msg (28K) 2/ 7/08 A sweet custard filling used in sotelties.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/almond-cream-msg.html

There are a lot of recipes in the various Florilegium food sections, so until you get your books out of storage, you might wish to look online there.

<<< On a related note I am going to start having a cooks day at my house once a 
month to do period cooking with the Shire members. >>>

Perhaps this file in the SCA-INC section might be of use to you with the cooking guild you wish to start.
cookng-guilds-msg (15K) 7/ 9/05 SCA cooking guilds.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-INC/cookng-guilds-msg.html

Stefan

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