Talk:Rice milk

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[edit] History?

Is it true that this drink originally came from Mexican cuisine? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.212.100.83 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 17 November 2004 (UTC).

No. I am not clear on the definitive history of rice milk in general, but even Horchata itself is of Spanish, not Mexican, origin. The Latin word hordeum, for barley, is the root of Horchata, as far as I know. There was a medieval form of "barley-water", flavored with almonds, known variously as orgemonde, orgeat, or orzata in different parts of Europe. Eventualy, in Spain, horchata de arroz, made of rice, (actual)milk, and sugar, was developed, and variations of the recipe were imported to the new world. Tenmiles 19:46, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• Some compare it to the milk of manatees - nonsense. --Brideshead 16:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Manufacturers

Are you sure it's 'cool' to have this section? I haven't changed the broken links to good ones, or deleted them, because after all, I haven't been around wikipedia for too long, so I'm not sure if this is okay. Eddie mars 20:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Frankly, I don't see any good reason for a list of rice milk manufacturers to be included in the article. Listing manufacturer names does little, if anything, to help define what rice milk is; and links to nonexistent articles don't help either. I am not clear on 'the rules' for this, but I'm going ahead and removing the section because I do feel that it has no justifiable place here. The editor who originally added that section (and the dead links) does not have a Wikipedia acccount, and apparently has not made any other contributions to Wikipedia under that particular IP address, so we are unable to engage them in a discussion of the matter. All the more reason I am inclined to believe that the addition was not entirely without bias. - Tenmiles 02:46, 18 May 2007 (UTC)