SC - RE: sca-cooks V1 #2436
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Thu Jul 13 12:52:08 PDT 2000
On 7/12/00 6:42 PM sca-cooks at ansteorra.org wrote:
><< Hm. I had them grind scented spices together to make a powder that they
> mixed with corn starch to make a scented powder to take home. >>
>
>...What evidence do you have that cornstarch was even remotely
>used in SCA period?
...
>The test of good manners is to be patient ...
Maybe she couldn't find orris root? I vaguely recall that that's the
binder used for mundane Christmas cloved orange pomander "craft" projects
... and may be period? (it's IRIS root, I'm pretty sure). I'm not an
herbalist or perfumer, this is just a random scrap surfacing.
Chimene
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