HERB - Re: Rose Beads

Christine A Seelye-King mermayde at juno.com
Thu May 6 13:28:24 PDT 1999


> Then spread them out in an iron bread pan.  This makes them turn black.
 >And every time you pass, stir them to make the color even.  Grind them
>several times a day from four to six days, when they will become
perfectly >black,<snip?>
>Sometimes 1/4 teaspoon of copper [sulfate?] as dissolved in a 
>tablespoonful of water is added to each cup of rose pulp to make it
>blacker. 

So, my question is, why is black the desired color?  I would think
retaining the redness would be preferable.  Maybe the idea was to imitate
Jet Jewelry that was so popular when this recipie was written?
Christianna
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