In wealthy households one of the most common tools was the mortar and sieve cloth, since many medieval recipes called for food to be finely chopped, mashed, strained and seasoned either before or after cooking.
Food should preferably also be finely chopped, ground, pounded and strained to achieve a true mixture of all the ingredients.
__________ Honey-Mint Refresher ½ cup honey, preferably wildflower Juice of 4 lemons, strained 6 mint leaves, finely chopped 6 cups crushed ice 1 750-millileter bottle sparkling water 4 sprigs mint.
While some of the novel's episodes are finely realized, its ideas strain hopelessly for air.
Meanwhile finely dice the ginger and chilli as small as you can and transfer it to a small saucepan with the retained lemongrass and about 200ml of the syrup, strained.
Both pieces had finely worked, richly evocative passages, straining to break free of their unyielding programs.
Every poem, Graham suggests, is part net and part wind, its finely knotted phrases and lines straining to "hold," for longer than an instant, the presence passing through them.
If you do not like pulp, strain the juice finely.
Brazil's version, cafezinho, is made by mixing hot water, finely ground coffee and sugar, and then straining the mixture through a filter.
Alternatively you can rely on the straining process to remove much of the solids (though finely grated spices will pass through).
