[Sca-cooks] Re: Marzipan

[Sue Clemenger]

Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but I believe someone on this list a
while back said that saunders is *not* the same stuff as the pinky-red
sandalwood I can get in the "loose herbs for making sachets and
pomanders and incense" section of my local herbal store.  I ordered
Saunders from the Pepperers' Guild (who, I notice, is back online!
Yeah!), and it's much more an orangey-red (kinda terracotta colored).
--Maire, who thinks Olwen's infected her with the playing-with-marzipan
bug.....AAAaaccckkk!!! Run away fast!

Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
>
> On 27 Jul 2002, at 1:24, Patricia Collum wrote:
>
> > May I ask- what is sanders?
> >
> > Cecily
>
> Sanders is the powdered bark of red sandalwood.  It was used as a
> food coloring in the Middle Ages.  It can be ordered from specialty
> spice dealers.  Alternatively, you could use a small amount of red
> food coloring.