SC - RE:Food dyes was- Bidding for Feast - Winner's comments
Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 27 14:37:26 PST 2001
> Well, I didn't go for modern food coloring because [1] it's modern, and [2] it
> makes your mouth turn interesting colors. Black tea and coffee are not the best
> choices for period, but they are good and brown. One comedy egg I considered
> was to write "HELP" backwards, looking like a normal brown egg with a distressed
> chickie inside... I am thinking about trying jamaica flower next, but that's
> still not pre-1600, as we seem to have agreed a while back. Onion skins are
> good. I think I have a little red sandalwood around here, probably not enough
> but it's worth a try.
Red cabbage produces a fugitive blue, but I don't know if it's period.
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