07-01-2020, 04:58 PM
In the 1888 book, I'd say it's just a typo. It doesn't actually refer to "Mandelmich" as a sweet, it says "sweets, as well as almond milk and rose water" (sowie means "as well as").
In some Bavarian/Austrian dialects, it's quite common for L to drop out before a consonant, rounding or otherwise modifying the preceding vowel, e.g. Milch would be pronounced Müch. I'm not aware of any dialects where the L just drops without changing the vowel, but voynichbombe has mentioned that this does occur in one region of Austria. But note that, even in pre-modern times, speakers of such a dialect might still spell it Milch if they had learned that this was the correct spelling.
In some Bavarian/Austrian dialects, it's quite common for L to drop out before a consonant, rounding or otherwise modifying the preceding vowel, e.g. Milch would be pronounced Müch. I'm not aware of any dialects where the L just drops without changing the vowel, but voynichbombe has mentioned that this does occur in one region of Austria. But note that, even in pre-modern times, speakers of such a dialect might still spell it Milch if they had learned that this was the correct spelling.