In fact, while I don’t have any evidence for this, I’d bet good money that cold pressing has been far more common that hot pressing. Cooking to death has probably happened more, but pressing to death without heat has to be second or third in the list of food-preparation-related ways to kill people. “Chopping-up” has to be first, though.
Chopping up
Cooking (baking/boiling, etc)
Cold pressing
and then somewhere way down would be hot-pressing.
In fact, while I don’t have any evidence for this, I’d bet good money that cold pressing has been far more common that hot pressing. Cooking to death has probably happened more, but pressing to death without heat has to be second or third in the list of food-preparation-related ways to kill people. “Chopping-up” has to be first, though.
and then somewhere way down would be hot-pressing.