SC - Scungilli versus conch

[LrdRas@aol.com]

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> 
> Yes, folks, you heard it here first...
> 
> Picture my amazement while strolling through the NY Chocolate And Cake
> Decorating Supply Co. on 22nd Street, a real-life Mecca of the
> confectioners' art, when I ran across a small, simple, unassuming
> plastic mold.
> 
> It is apparently used for the making of fruit-filled and other
> sectioned, breakapart chocolate bars. Roughly half an inch deep, it is
> divided into fifteen squarish sections, three by five. The total area
> dimensions? I'm glad you asked, friends! Approximately 1.5 times the
> length of the palm of my hand (a convenient measuring tool, neh?) in
> length. In breadth, three of my fingers. (Again, convenient, neh?)
> 
> Seems to me that it might be put to some esoteric period use, but for
> the life of me I can't think what...

Oooh... A Cariadoc torture device?

Daughter Rotrude says it's for mixing paints. I'm sure my student would
say it is a bead tray. 

You appear to have something in mind for it Master A. Pray tell?

'Lainie ;-)