SC - blood and blanc mange

[Alderton, Philippa]

Just found this on the Middlebridge- thought I'd pass it along.

Stefan, I seem to remember we had had fairly extensive discussions about tea
eggs, but I couldn't find them in the Florilegium- where have you hidden
them?

Phlip

Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.

phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

"All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus

"Oats -- a grain which in England sustains the horses, and in
Scotland, the men." -- Johnson

"It was pleasant to me to find that 'oats,' the 'food of horses,' were
so much used as the food of the people in Johnson's own town." --
Boswell

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- -----Original Message-----
From: Gregor1572 at aol.com <Gregor1572 at aol.com>
To: sca-middle at midrealm.org <sca-middle at midrealm.org>
Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Mid] Tea Eggs?


>Greetings!
>
>The previous posts have taken care of the basic directions of this curious
>art form.  It has also been referred to as batik eggs, after the resistance
>dyeing technique.  I have also seen them where the cook rapped the eggs
with
>the back of a spoon at three or four points around the middle, creating a
>circular web pattern that resulted in what looked like wooden eggs with
>knotholes around them.
>
>If you use teas, herbs or spices of different colors, or steep them for
>varying lengths of time, you can create a really impressive display when
>serving them.  One thing to keep in mind is that not only do the eggs take
on
>the color of the tea used (to varying degrees), but also a bit of the
flavor
>- so beware of flavors that may not be suitable to your meal.
>
>A last note, if you are using onions elsewhere in your meal, boil the thin
>outer skins for an extra dye color.
>
>Enjoy - it's sort of an adult version of Easter eggs.
>
>Your obedient,
>
>Gregor
>From:  Gregor1572 at aol.com
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