hand milling

Belica 2

118 (MM) a ìmaše li vìe da mèlite fkɤ̀šti takɤ̀v edìn màlki kàmɤk

So did you all used to grind at home with some little stone

119 (MM) da si go vɤrtìš na rɤk na rɤ̀ka

that you’d rotate around by hand?

120 (a) nè ne smè u takòva

No. We didn’t [do] such things.

Breste 2

91 (GK) a na rɤkà mèlexte li

So you ground it by hand?

92 (a) na rɤkà ne smè

By hand – [no,] we didn’t.

96 (a) si mèleme tàm na rɤkà ne smè mlèli

We grind [it] there. We didn’t grind by hand.

Gela 2

33 (a) ut pšenìcana ta imɛ̀ ta gu pràvea zvɛ̀ha go trahàl'nica

from wheat – there was – they used to make – they called it a handmill,

34 (a) sə iskàrə ot vugenìca tɤ̀j vèke i vartɛ̀ ta si stòriš

and it works like a mill. You rotate it, and you make

35 (a) enakvà tràhana za urìs nə mɛ̀stu jadɛ̀ja nəkìva grùbi hrənì

this sort of gruel, and they ate it in place of rice. Such coarse food,

Gorna Krušica 1

14 (a) pa takà si go napràim fasùlčeto i orìsče somèleme orìsčeto

then we just make beans. And rice – we grind up rice

15 (a) na takvìja kàmene ìmaše à kàmeni a pə ta go melèhme nìe

using stones. There were these stones, and we would grind it –

16 (GK) kàk mu vìkaxa na tovà rɤ̀šni

How did you call that [thing] – mi- ?

17 (a) kàmɤni se kàzvat kàmeni

Stones. They’re called stones.

18 (GK) rɤ rɤ

mi- mi-

19 (a) kàmeni za melène za za urìs i za orìs n’ɛ̀maše

Stones for grinding rice, for – [in fact] there wasn’t any rice [then].

22 (a) i takà vrɤtìme vrɤtìme i somèleme pšenìcata bulgùro namèsto s

We turn and turn [it], and grind up the wheat [to get] bulghur, in place of –

Gorno Vŭršilo 1

41 (VZh) [Как се мелеше зърното?]

[How did one grind the grain?]

42 (a) amì bɛ̀lo na pròsti kàmenè go mèlea tòl tòlkos širòki dvà pṛ̀sta

Well [for] white [flour] they would grind it on simple stones, two fingers in width.

Leštak 3

203 (GK) əmhəm əmhəm a vəf.kɤ̀šti ìmaxte li si vodenìci təkìva

Mmhm, mhmh. And did you have any sort of mills in the house

204 (GK) da sə mèli də mèl’ət ženìte na rəkà

that you could grind – that women could grind by hand?

205 (e) ìmə d’ètu càrevicə mèl’ət ə nəč’ùpvə gu zərnòtu nə

There’s one that they grind corn with. It chops up the kernels into –

Šumnatica 3

33 (b) f kəzàn’ə svərìme gu če gu mel’ème nə rəšnìcətə

into a kettle and boil it. Then we grind it with a hand stone mill.

34 (b) əmə tò c’àlo e jòk [laughter]

But not all at once! [laughter]

38 (b) ejà smel’ème gu kətu urìs gu zəpràime pò drèmničku èj təkìə ràbuti

So we grind it the size of rice grains, we make it smaller. Things like that.

Tihomir 1

48 (GK) kàk gu kàk mèlexte brašnò

How – how did you grind flour?

49 (a) mèlehme gɔ a rašnìca ga zav’àhme

We used to grind it – we called it a millstone.

51 (a) rašnìcɤ m’èleme s’ɛ̀dneme da s da vartìme s’è

A millstone. We grind it – we sit down and [make it] spin around like this.

52 (a) ema i seà si sedì

And it’s still here now.

54 (a) ne dàvam da e fɤ̀rnet dà se naᵊìda

I won’t let them throw it away. It needs to stay available,

55 (a) dà se naᵊìda na rɤšnìcɯ

to stay available [for us to do grinding] on the millstone

Tihomir 2

91 (a) [cough] azàm ga azàm vaskᵚɨ̀sne sedì p’èt d’èna azàm je nakɔ̀came

[cough] Then it ferments. It sits five days and then we cut it up

92 (a) na kalàčkav’e na sakvɤ̀n kalàčkave azàm isɔ̀ne azàm esèⁱj reč’ème

into small pieces – small pieces like this; then it dries, and then we go and

93 (a) azàm em e m’èleme f rašnìcɤ

then we grind it, with the millstone.

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