[Sca-cooks] Re: indigo

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

>
>
> Nambeanntan at aol.com wrote:
>
> > I nearly tossed my tea at this idea.  Indigo is subjected to an oxidation
> > process much as tea leaves are but with the additional step of  being soaked
> > in ammonia as a mordant.  I have never come across any warnings or cautions
> > about using indigo just about the urine needed for the mordant.
>
> So that explains!... I Have a Christmas wreath that I made several years
> ago, trimmed with some sort of dried grass/wheatlike stuff that has been
> dyed dark blue. It is ok hanging on the door, but when you first pull it
> out of the box- Phwew! And working with the stuff was a little whiffy.
> Hmm. Wonder if it was dyed with indigo!
>
> In general, I don't believe in blue food. The exception being the large
> quantities of blue Powerade that I put away...
>
> 'Lainie

That's one of my Rules. Don't eat blue food. And the corollary--don't
drink blue drinks.

Seriously, though, even a chemical indigo vat (rather than a fermentation
vat using stale urine) is pretty odiferous, and if you don't rinse your
dyed goods well, they will stink.

Margaret