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A bowl of glossy cocoa hazelnut spread made from roasted hazelnuts, cane sugar and cocoa, with roasted hazelnuts nearby.

Hazelnut paste and gianduja-style spread

Roasted, skinned hazelnuts refined in a stone melanger into a fluid paste, then sweetened and finished with cocoa as a gianduja-style spread.

Modern adaptation
Legumes and seeds
Photograph of Tahini (sesame paste).

Tahini (sesame paste)

Toasted sesame seeds ground to a pourable paste, made by two manufacturer routes: a high-speed blender in minutes, or a stone chocolate refiner over three hours.

Modern adaptation
Legumes and seeds
Korean duyu, a freshly blended unstrained soy drink made with cooked soybeans, cold water, toasted sesame and salt.

Soy milk (duyu)

A Korean-style soy drink of cooked whole soybeans blended with cold water, sesame and salt and served at once; tofu-making soy milk is a different, filtered milk.

Korea · Modern adaptation
· Legumes and seeds
A hydrated, porous block of firm tofu after home freezing and thawing, shown with its cut face; not dried kōri-dōfu.

Frozen tofu (home freezer)

Drained firm tofu frozen in a home freezer so that ice reshapes the curd into a firmer, spongy, porous block for cooking; not the dried kori-dofu.

Modern adaptation
· Legumes and seeds
Coarsely mashed cooked broad beans with garlic in a ceramic bowl beside rustic flatbread.
Elevated risk

Broad-bean mash (modern reconstruction)

Cooked broad beans crushed to a thick paste with garlic and salt, a museum preparation built on the one European pulse that was already old when the Viking Age began.

Ribe · Modern adaptation
· Legumes and seeds
Plain, firm soybean tempeh cake with whole split soybeans evenly bound by white mycelium, served on a pale ceramic plate.
High risk

Soybean tempeh with a packet starter

A two-cup soybean batch uses one Cultures for Health tempeh starter packet and vinegar. The supplier describes dehulling, a thin vented layer, controlled early incubation and attention to self-heating; it is not a validated home process.

Java · Modern adaptation
· Legumes and seeds
Finished natto made from whole soybeans in a dark ceramic bowl, with characteristic sticky strands.
High risk

Natto with a packaged starter

A two-cup soybean batch uses one Cultures for Health Natto Spores packet, a shallow perforated cover, and the supplier’s stated incubation and chilling sequence. The supplier’s instructions are not a validated home process.

Modern adaptation
· Legumes and seeds