Milks - update

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Dec 30, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> As almond, rice and soya milks are listed, peanut milk might be a good candidate as well.
>
> George Washington Carver is known for making "Jersey" quality peanut milk (http://ow.ly/8eshM), something I recall from a biography I read of him in elementary school. According to the Wikipedia article on him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver), Carver was active in promoting it in 1919 even though a patent had been granted to someone else in 1917.

in the Wikipedia milk entry.

arnold

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