tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post5370961342144293128..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Things to do with Almonds.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-61076012258703949922013-03-05T10:38:51.295+10:002013-03-05T10:38:51.295+10:00Not hard.
Impossible.
(fortunately we have tons ...Not hard.<br /><br />Impossible.<br /><br />(fortunately we have tons of pot-lucks at work that I get to cook for).Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-14573371950090350372013-03-04T19:25:29.445+10:002013-03-04T19:25:29.445+10:00Oh Dear, Shay. What a challenge for you! Those &qu...Oh Dear, Shay. What a challenge for you! Those "prejudices" are very hard to shift.The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-51543438047329266792013-03-04T09:28:33.110+10:002013-03-04T09:28:33.110+10:00Foodie: I don't know if it's an allergy o...Foodie: I don't know if it's an allergy or not.<br /><br />He has what my German friend Gaby used to refer to as a "nervoeser Magen." The list of what he won't eat is easily 3x as long as the list of what he will. <br /><br />Because of the US military's habit of putting garlic powder in nearly everything (in an attempt to give rations some kind of flavor), he came back from the first Gulf War weighing about 160 lbs. <br /><br />He's 6'3".Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-16931094912595712842013-03-01T06:28:55.698+10:002013-03-01T06:28:55.698+10:00Thanks Mad Latinist - good references always accep...Thanks Mad Latinist - good references always accepted with pleasure.<br />Anonymous: good point. I am now trying to find a recipe with barley.<br />Sandra - I think a marzipan milkshake sounds fabulous - it is just using the sugar and almonds pre-ground!The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-84943214964188246912013-02-28T23:35:36.539+10:002013-02-28T23:35:36.539+10:00This sounds an awful lot like marzipan dissolved i...This sounds an awful lot like marzipan dissolved in water or milk; what's the difference?<br />SandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-37509686571154759212013-02-28T18:58:22.465+10:002013-02-28T18:58:22.465+10:00Yes, English versions are easy to find. Here's...Yes, English versions are easy to find. Here's one: http://books.google.com/books?id=TmwZ7JPFStUC&lpg=PA193&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q&f=falseMad Latinisthttp://jdm314.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-49419122244030685832013-02-28T14:38:01.235+10:002013-02-28T14:38:01.235+10:00But where is the barley? I don't see it menti...But where is the barley? I don't see it mentioned in any of the recipes? Maybe barley water in place of regular water?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-41913684867107527332013-02-28T10:21:08.396+10:002013-02-28T10:21:08.396+10:00Hi Mad Latinist: thanks for that reference! I hope...Hi Mad Latinist: thanks for that reference! I hope there is a version in English!<br />Hi Shay: if he cant taste it though, does it count? I love the texture that almond meal gives to cookies.<br />I presume he is not allergic?The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-64882011328979679302013-02-28T09:26:18.624+10:002013-02-28T09:26:18.624+10:00My husband does not like nuts in any form. I supp...My husband does not like nuts in any form. I suppose I could sneak some almond paste into a cookie recipe one day, just to see if it's physical or merely prejudice.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-41516110953576581592013-02-28T08:22:05.770+10:002013-02-28T08:22:05.770+10:00See also William of Rubruck's description of k...See also William of Rubruck's description of koumiss (which he calls <i>cosmos</i>): he says it has an aftertaste similar the taste to almond milk ("<i>Et postquam homo cessat bibere, relinquit saporem super linguam lactis amygdalini</i>")Mad Latinisthttp://jdm314.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-90828290284521512702013-02-28T08:17:32.819+10:002013-02-28T08:17:32.819+10:00Oooh, orgeat/orzata/orxata/horchata! http://la.wik...Oooh, orgeat/orzata/orxata/horchata! http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordeata ;)Mad Latinisthttp://jdm314.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com