Randi asked:

  "Will the SoyToy make milk out of
   nuts such as almonds and cashews?
   Will it make milk out of grains
   such as millet and oats? How about
   seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin?
   I don't drink these other milks as
   often as soy but it is nice to have
   an occasional change of pace and some
   of these are better (at least in my
   humble opinion)in some recipes than
   soy milk. Thanks so much for your time.
   Happiness, Randi."

Dear Randi (and others),

Yesterday afternoon and throughout the
evening, I tested my SoyToy and made the
following milks:

Almond, Walnut, Cashew, Sunflower, Brown Rice,
White Rice, Millet, and Soyean. Each of the
nuts was raw and unsalted.

To make the soymilk, I used one-half cup of
soybeans to two quarts of water. All other
milks were made with two-thirds of a cup
of nuts or grain.

To each finished two-quart container of milk,
I added 1 tsp. of vanilla and 4 tbs. of maple
syrup.

I asked three expert tasters, Jennifer (16),
Sarah (15), and Lizzy (12), to rate each milk
from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best.

Here are the average scores:

White Rice=4.33
Almond=3.67
Walnut=3.67
Millet=3.33
Brown Rice=3.0
Cashew=2.33
Sunflower=1.0

My personal favorite was millet. I was surprised
by the milky-white color of millet milk, and the
somewhat neutral cow's milk-type flavor. My
second favorite was the walnut which had a
complex, yet pleasant nutty bouquet. The girls
loved the white rice, but I found it to be a bit
starchy.

The SoyToy is usually very easy to clean.
The white rice residue in the grinding barrel
became a gummy starchy mess, and cleaning
took more than one minute, as compared to
the usual 15 seconds of rinse and clean.

The major problem was that I ended up with 4
gallons of milk. Since this was an experiment,
and I lacked the storage space, and the milks
are inexpensively made, I saved only two quarts
and dumped the rest.

I mixed together, in equal amounts, the top four
milks (white rice, millet, almond, and walnut),
and refrigerated the milk in a two-quart glass jar.

I also saved one quart of millet milk, curious
to see how it was affected by refrigeration.
To my surprise, the millet milk gelled, and
resembled a fine Italian zabaglione pudding.

I worked late, going to bed around 4 AM, and
did not get up to see my kids leave for school.
Upon waking, I wanted to taste the ice-cold
nut and grain milk mixture. Imagine my surprise
when I discovered that only one of the two quarts
remained. There were three empty cereal bowls
left for me to clean in the sink.

I am drinking a small glass of nut-grain milk
as I write this. I regret only that I lack the
writing skills and cannot communicate to you
just how delicious the combined essences of
creamed walnuts, almonds, rice, millet,
vanilla, and maple syrup can be.

Robert Cohen author of:   MILK - The Deadly Poison
Executive Director (notmilkman@notmilk.com)
Dairy Education Board
http://www.notmilk.com
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