04-17-2015, 10:54 PM
LacusCurtius, always the treasure trove for unexpected things, mentions a curious device, a pepper mill:
What kind of pepper that might have been? Hardly from the Indonesian spice islands. And in what way if any, could a pepper mill technically differ from the handmills for grain? We will hardly have to think of it as a burr mill, not?
Quote:The pepper-mill. A mill for grinding pepper, made of boxwood, is mentioned by Petronius (molea buxea piper trivit, Sat. 74).
What kind of pepper that might have been? Hardly from the Indonesian spice islands. And in what way if any, could a pepper mill technically differ from the handmills for grain? We will hardly have to think of it as a burr mill, not?
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
