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<pre>> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 07:21:38 +1100 (EST)
> From: jweemaes@albury.net.au (Jos Weemaes)
>Subject: Re: Digest Number 248
>Dear Marco
>would you please be so kind to explain to me how this "Lecca" ,which picks
>up the oil, works?
>Thank you
>Jos Weemaes
>olives@albury.net.au

Hello Jos!
The "lecca" is a sort of flat spoon to "lick" (in Italian, "leccare") the
oil from the surface of a tin.
It requires a particular ability to grab the oil and leave the water: with
a circular movement the miller takes the 2 millimeters of oil cropping up
from the water.
Now there are other methods to separate oil and water: I'm asking the old
millers here around to find a "lecca", so I can show you a photo of
someone using this tool.

Bye!
Marco Bernardini
http://www.taggiasca.com
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