[Sca-cooks] Gum Tragacanth Sources

[Olwen the Odd]

The herb guy in Hampstead Md carries it too.  I can't recall just now what
he asks per ounce but last time I went there to buy it I dropped $50.00 so
there is also plenty at my house.
Olwen

>Greetings. If my old memory works right, it seems there was a
>discussion that gum tragacanth wasn't "findable" in the US anymore.
>Master Aiden, from my local group, found two sources for me right
>away and here they are for you.
>
>http://www.bakingshop.com/sugarcraft/gum.htm
>http://beryls.safeshopper.com/142/cat142.htm?772
>
>He noted: "I've also discovered that it's also used for
>leatherworking, incense, bookbinding, and making pastels,
>curious..."
>
>The "Beryl's" site has a pound of gum dragon for $30, plus shipping
>and handling.  This corresponds well to the price some 10 years ago
>of $30 which included $5 shipping/handling from Penn Herb, which
>apparantly no longer carries gum tragacanth.  If you want to make
>period sugarpaste, you need this stuff.  They also sell it in
>smaller quantities.
>
>Alys Katharine

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