SC - pennsic pot luck dish

[Elaine Koogler]

I assume that the latex is food safe?  I know that latex molds exist for food...I get a
catalog that has these for several different kinds of things, including shells.

Do you know if there is an online source for this stuff?

Kiri

Tara Sersen wrote:

> >I have a nice heavy latex mini-scallop shell candy mold I use for buttercreams.
> I
> >wonder where I might get a few custom made with peachpits?
>
> At good art stores (like the kind you find in cities near art schools, not neccisarily
> ACMoore,) you can buy latex for making mask and sculpture molds.  My store of
> choice is Pearl Arts and Crafts on South Street in Philly.
>
> The latex is a powder that you mix up.  The stuff I've used turns into a soft
> mold.  They might also have some that dries hard.  They have lots of darned
> cool stuff.
>
> With the soft stuff, you could fill a dixie cup with the liquid latex and dunk
> a peach pit into the center.  When it is set, peel off the cup and cut all the
> way or half-way around the pit to pop it out.  So, you could have a one-piece
> or two-piece mold.  For something as thick as almond paste, I'm guessing a two-piece
> mold would work best.  For something that starts as liquid and ends up solid,
> like chocolate or (yuk) Jello, I'd use a one-piece mold.
>
> If you try it, let me know how it works.  I've done mask-making for theatre,
> and I've seen this done for sculpture, but I'd never thought to try it for food
> before today!
>
> Magdalena
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