SC - Tempera question

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/7/00 9:33:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mermayde at juno.com 
writes:

> I also have it on authority of a Laurel friend of mine that cockroaches
>  just love to eat egg-based tempera paint.  I wonder what they did in
>  period to prevent this?  Perhaps in England this was not a problem, but
>  I'd be willing to be it was in the warmer climes.  
>  Christianna

i don't know if cockroaches were a problem in period.  Aren't they from South 
America, originally?  I may be wrong, I'm no entymologist...

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?