SC - Food dyes
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 30 09:52:41 PST 2001
What did folks use "in period" to color foods?
I know there was:
red - alkanet (it's usually used as a fiber dye)
red-orange/red-brown - red saunders. It's also called "red
sandalwood" but it isn't even related to real sandalwood and doesn't
have that wonderful scent
yellow - saffron
(turmeric in Asia - but was turmeric in Europe in SCA period?)
green - greens pressed to make a green liquid which also adds flavor,
such are parsley and cilantro
blue - certain berries
Any others that are actually documented in period?
As far as other foods i know about that color foods, but don't know
if they were used in period:
black - squid ink, used in pasta, but i don't know if it is used for
anything else...
pink - beets
a range of browns, yellows, and oranges - yellow onion skins
I'm not looking for things that we can use now, but what they
actually used "back then".
Anahita
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