SC - Gold Leaf-A use

[Nick Sasso (fra niccolo)]

Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:

> >
> >In a message dated 97-07-08 14:57:23 EDT, you write:
> >
> ><<  Has anyone tried using gold (or silver) leaf
> >   to decorate foods?   >>
> >
>
> For our big blow out Baronial Banquet this year we did Elizabethan,
> and
> attempted to document EVERYTHING. Food, service, beverages,
> decorations,
> entertainment. One of the dishes we serverd was  "gilded jello", or
> A White Leach (from Dawson, 1596)
> Take a quart of newe milke, and three ounces weight of
> Isinglasse......

Isinglass is a substance from the air bladders of fish and is used
occasionally in beer brewing.  It is actually available from better
homebrew supply stores for those who are adventerous enough to try it.


niccolo