SC - RE: A Different Egg Question
Stapleton, Jeanne
jstaplet at mail.law.du.edu
Wed Mar 17 14:20:52 PST 1999
My guess is the same policy that forbids red wines at a lot of
sites around here: almost impossible to get stains out of
carpets and upholstery.
Berengaria
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Forgive me but WHY would the church forbid red fruit puches at
receptions?...just curious.
Micaylah
Jennifer Carlson wrote:
>
> Cochineal is used as a food dye, as well as for fabric. It gives pink
> grapefruit juice its commercially-desired pink tint, and is behind the
> policy of many a church injunction against red fruit punches at
receptions.
> I've noticed a couple of products in the last few years that have changed
> to using the word "kermes" instead - guess they realized that lots of
folks
> know what cochineal really is. A dye expert can tell you about the
> differences between cochineal and kermes (different species of bugs, both
> of which yield a red pigment).
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