[Sca-cooks] Define "To Mill"?

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

One of the many definitions of "mill" as a verb in the OED is:
To beat or whip (chocolate, etc.) to a froth.

My library has the book, not the online version, so I can't easily copy
over all the sample quotes.Most of them refer to milling chocolate (the
beverage), cream, and an egg possett.

Brighid ni Chiarain

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Elise Fleming <alyskatharine at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Greetings! I'm reading a recipe from 1718 and the author uses "mill"
> several times. It seems as if it would involve whipping up or beating the
> product, especially in the latter two uses. Can anyone clarify just what is
> meant?
>
> Chocolate cream, 1718, "Mrs Mary Eale's Receipts", confectioner to her
> late Majesty Queen Anne. "Take a Quarter of a Pound of Chocolate, breaking
> it into a Quarter of a Pint of boiling Water; mill it and boil it, 'till
> all the Chocolate is dissolv'd; then put to it a Pint of Cream and two Eggs
> well-beaten; let it boil, milling it all the while; when it is cold, mill
> it again, that it may go up with a Froth."
>
> Thanks for any insights!
>
> Alys K.
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