Milk and Milk Products from Medieval to Modern Times : Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Ethnological Food Research

Milk flows through our history as a vital human food. This volume will be of interest not only to ethnologists, folklorists & food historians, but also to all those concerned with the role of basic foods in the human diet. Milk is a uniquely vulnerable commodity, & while in some cultures it was considered a luxury food, in others it was thought both unwholesome & unhealthy. Folklore highlights the part women play in the production of milk & milk products, & their econ. import. in the household & farm economy. In their role as producers & processors of milk, women are credited with supernatural powers to protect or promote the individual or collective dairying process. Ill.Lysaght, Patricia is the author of 'Milk and Milk Products from Medieval to Modern Times : Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Ethnological Food Research', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788196485 and ISBN 0788196480.