[Sca-cooks] OT Authenticity Police: dye colours.

[chirhart_1]

Kermes ! Isn't he a frog and wouldn't he be green..... cochineal-Bug
Kermes-amphibian  scary liaisons                                    Chirhart
(skipping..yes  skipping to the pond)
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From: <lilinah at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT Authenticity Police: dye colours.



> Cochineal is indeed from Central America, but is a scale insect that
> is very closely related to kermes and produces a nearly identical
> color. It was imported into Europe early in the 16th century and
> rather quickly replaced the more expensive kermes in the 16th century.
>
> Kermes is not Egyptian, > >

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