SC - Mutton

[cclark@vicon.net]

Christianna wrote:

>I have heard (from folks on this list) but have never tried myself,
>melting Life Savers candies and pouring them makes a good "glass".  
>You might give it a try.  I imaging the period version would be the
>"sugar plate" that Mistress Alys is famed for.  
	
Well, there's "sugar plate" and there's "sugar plate".  What I've worked with
is _not_ the boiled sugar/melted Life Savers stuff.  However, there is a period
version of this "stained glass" in Form of Curye and it is called "sugar plate".
The boiled sugar syrup is poured out to form plates of sugar, probably square.
The instructions detail how to color it, mostly (IIRC) by painting on the colors.

I do wonder about a subtlety for the coronation of one of the Henrys.  It was a
child (IV??) and the description includes something like a crown with jewels that
look like enamel.  The boiled, and painted, sugar would yield an enamel-like
jewel.

Alys Katharine, who really needs to get back to grading a 4.5" stack of tests she
foolishly gave today


                                          
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