[Sca-cooks] Peach pit molds

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Brigid wrote:

> I made some of the marzipan peach pits from Granado for a baronial meeting
> this weekend.  I always forget how realistic they look to someone who
> doesn't know what they are.  One lady glanced down at the refreshment
> table and said in a puzzled what-are-they-doing-here tone of voice, "Those look
> like... peach pits."
>
> I had occasion to write to the potter who made my molds, Mistress Olga
> Belobashnina Cherepanova.  She tells me that she is going to make some
> peach-pit molds to sell at Pennsic this year.  She is one of several
> potters who do business under the name of "Ash   Griffin Pottery".  (I
> am not getting a kickback for telling you this.)
>
> For those who weren't on the list when this recipe was first discussed, it
> can be found in the Florilegium in this file:
>
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/illusion-fds-msg.html

Yo Æddie, we've got to get Arte to make us up some peach pit molds! [Everyone
else:  Artemesia is the Potter Formerly Known As Mercy, who will be taking service
with Master Hroar at Pennsic.]  That means we'll have to go get some peaches to
"impress."  We'll face the peril, eh?

Selene