SC - New pet peeve

[Stefan li Rous]

Mór Dhàna aasked:
> What exactly is a subtlety (sp)?? If it's food--- are there recipes?

There seem to be a number of spellings for this word, and definitions.
Some include warners in their definitions of sotelties, some do not.
Warners are food items disguised to look like other food items but
still edible. A broad definition of Sotelties might be diguised or 
decorated items made from food. The result may or may not be edible
or may or may not even be meant to be edible.

For some more info, check out these files in my Florilegium:
gingerbread-msg   (31K) 10/28/97    Medieval gingerbread. Recipes.
Roses-a-Sugar-art (21K)  7/15/98    "Divers Pretty Things Made Of Roses &
Sugar" 
                                       by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwynds.
sotelties-msg    (169K)  1/ 8/99    Sotelties and Warners - decorated food.
sugar-paste-msg   (77K)  9/30/98    Making sugar paste sotelties.
Sugarplums-art    (19K)  7/15/98    "Visions of Sugarplums" by Mistress 
                                       Renata Kestryl of Highwynds.
Warners-art       (32K)  6/29/98    An article on disguised food.
                                       by Alizaunde, Demoiselle de Bregeuf.
illusion-fds-msg  (79K)  8/28/98    Medieval illusion foods. Diguised food.
ill-fd-feast-art  (10K) 12/ 8/97    A feast consisting of illusion foods.

These are in different sections, FOOD, FEASTS, FOOD-SWEETS. While often
sotelites are sweet, they do not need to be. These files also include
a number of different recipes and ideas for sotelties.

If you have any questions after looking at these files, there are some
real experts on various aspects of these here on this list.
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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