SC - vellum/parchment (OT)

CBlackwill at aol.com CBlackwill at aol.com
Mon Jun 12 15:32:20 PDT 2000


In a message dated 6/12/00 7:36:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, LrdRas at aol.com 
writes:

> 
>  Garlic juice  was used extensively to apply gold leaf to illumination in 
the 
> 
>  middle ages and beyond. It is an excellent medium for that type of work.
>  
>  Ras

Thanks, Ras.  This should be alot easier to do than boiling down scraps of 
leather... One question, though:  is this juice squeezed directly from the 
garlic (which IS quite sticky on its own), or is it further processed somehow?

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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


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