SC - where are you?
Robert & Jean Amann
bjamann at erols.com
Sun Jan 25 17:58:03 PST 1998
Karla asked:
>Is food with gold leaf on it edible? I would have thought it would be
>poisonous...
And Celestria said:
>I was under the impression that in period silver leaf was the only precious
>metal used for food decoration that was also eaten? Also is the silver and
>gold leaf available at the local craft store fit for human consumption?
And Anne-Marie Rousseau said:
>Gold is inert and wont hurt you. There are lots of delightful indian
>pastries that use gold and silver leaf. Oh, and try and find a calligrapher
>or someone whos' used it before, its a bit tricky.
Yes, gold leaf is edible, at least in not harming you. Basically it
is inert and just passes right on through. This was discussed here a
while back. I think I put this info this file, but Im not completely
sure: I believe there are some instructions on applying gold leaf to
food.
sotelties-msg (72K) 5/21/97 Sotelties and Warners - decorated food.
This file in the SCRIBAL ARTS section also talks about applying gold
leaf, but I dont know how much commonality there is between applying
gold leaf to parchment and paper vs. food:
gold-leaf-msg (18K) 3/ 7/96 Working with gold leaf, tools.
Stefan li Rous
stefan#texas.net
(My Florilegium files can be found at:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/rialto.html)
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