SC - Hi, I'm new to the list.
Mordonna22@aol.com
Mordonna22 at aol.com
Mon Apr 26 18:12:37 PDT 1999
In a message dated 4/26/99 6:18:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
alysk at ix.netcom.com writes:
<< Greetings! When I was trying to reproduce some Tudor confections
calling for ambergris, I was informed that it was not legal in the US
to sell any. Anyone found anything to the contrary?
Alys Katharine >>
Found this on the web at
http://www.netstrider.com/documents/ambergris/summary/
"Trade in ambergris has been banned worldwide for years by treaty and by
various national marine mammal protection acts. The romance of ambergris is
now only a distant memory. Once it was eaten with eggs for breakfast at the
tables of Dutch burgers and English squires. Now that sperm whales are
returning to our seas a curious beachcomber may once again hope to find a
lump of ambergris some day. "
Of course this doesn't mean that you won't find it in a back out of the way
place. Although the ban apparently is in place, it does not apply to supplies
that were in existence before the law took affect. :-) Quote- "It is said
that a single drop of tincture of ambergris applied to a paper and placed in
a book will remain fragrant after 40 years and that once handled, the fingers
will smell of it even after several days and several washings. ""
Ras
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