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Here is Mandelmich and Rosenwasser (1888), but, do they actually mean almond milk? Or do they mean almond mash (or is Mandelmich a typo for almond milk)?

I'm wondering if it is almond mash (as in almond butter or marzipan). I know that all three of these exist because I've had them, but did they have almond milk in the 15th century? I'm quite sure they had almond mash (they mashed and ground pretty much every kind of nut in the middle ages). Almond mash and hazelnut mash (as in Nutella) were very much part of the culture:

   

My transliteration: Bei Empfängen nichtpolitischen Charakters werden auch wol Sußignkeiten, sowie Mandelmich und Rosenwasser prasentirt, und zum Schluß hält jeder der Besucher dem Oberceremonienmeister sein Taschentuch hin, welches dieser mit Rosenöl parfumirt.

They are referring to "Mandelmich" as a sweet (Sußigkeiten, sowie Mandelmich). I'm uncertain because almond milk is not particularly sweet unless you add sugar, but marzipan is sweet even without sugar and was definitely used for special occasions. I know German well enough to read it but I do NOT know it well enough to judge whether this is almond milk (spelled unconventionally) or almond mash (marzipan).


(Also, keep in mind, this is published in the 19th century.)