SC - (P?) Fish dishes and gold-leafing

[Mark.S Harris]

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 I’m 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 don’t 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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