[Sca-cooks] Define "To Mill"?

[Susan Lin]

That sounds reasonable.

Shoshanah

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Robin Carroll-Mann <rcarrollmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> > --
> > Elise Fleming
> > alyskatharine at gmail.com
> > http://damealys.medievalcookery.com/
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