SC - New Book: Aztec Herbal (1552) translation

[Drake & Meliora]

CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:
<<SNIP>> If it is merely decorative, a good
> salt dough is probably the best way to go.  Salt dough has been used for a
> long time for all manner of centerpiece and dough sculpture work, and is very
> easy to make and mold.  It doesn't taste particularly good, nor is it flaky
> (rather like plaster of paris when it is baked), but it will hold its shape
> come Heck or High Water...
> 
> Balthazar of Blackmoor


Recipe please??  documentation of medieval use would be cool if it
available, but I understand that wasn't necessarily your contention.

niccolo