SC - Re: table eating utensils

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Karen O wrote:
> 
>     Hello one and all
> 
>     I am at a loss and need some quick intervention.  I  am looking for an
> "almond jello" recipe.  About a year or so ago I was fiddling around with
> something for an A&S subtelty entry, and  the written down recipe  went
> somewhere.   I can't even find the medieval source.  I know we have talked
> about isenglass on this list before.    can anyone help??  One modern recipe
> I had  (which is also  lost) was almond islands floating in a mandrin orange
> sauce. (supposedly chinese).  Time is of the essence  -- I want to make egg
> subtlties for Crown Feast on April 8th.

I don't know if this helps, but it sounds like what you need is a
late-period, as in 16th-17th century recipe for a white leach of
almonds. Time to check Digby, and the other Usual Suspects. I'll post if
I find.

Adamantius
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