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Re:In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond ... by cjsuk on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @08:15AM (#15905346)
I don't think it killed at lot of people but it was pre-pasteurization so fresh milk didn't keep in a drinkable state for very long. Most of it got turned into butter or cheese pretty quickly. Almond milk was almonds (with a long shelf life) and boiled water (relatively clean) so less risk.

I'm sure people got sick buying hooky milk though.

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Re:In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond ... by vinceguidry on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @08:48AM (#15905517)
Almond milk goes bad pretty quickly too. Not quite as quickly as fresh cow's milk, but you still don't want to keep that stuff around.
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Re:In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond ... by cjsuk on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @09:44AM (#15905844)
It does but you can make it on demand.
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Re:In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond ... by mathw on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @09:52AM (#15905914)
Yeah, the almonds themselves keep for a long time, so you store it in that form. Given the amount of labour involved you wouldn't be wanting to try to make six months' supply at once anyway.
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