Oiler (profession)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oilers (also known as oil rammers, oil millers or oil beater ) used oil mills to produce various vegetable oils. During the extraction process, the plant seeds, bush and tree fruits, which had previously been crushed or pounded, were pressed and produced oils such as almond, linseed, nut, poppy seed, mustard, sunflower, olive and pumpkin seed oil, which they also did acted. This trade goes back to the earliest times. The profession of the oiler often came into contact with the related trades of soap makers and wax makers .

literature

  • Rudi Palla: The lexicon of the lost professions . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-8289-4152-4 .