[Sca-cooks] Sugar plate and mastic? (was: New and Kewl Kitchen Acquisitions)

[david friedman]

Maire wrote:

>I'm doing the happy dance <g>.....
>My order from the Pepperer's Guild came in today.....
>I got mastic, so I can play with sugar plate,

Are you sure mastic is the type of gum used in sugar plate? I haven't
ever done suagr plate, but I have used mastic in Islamic recipes, and
it is the kind of seasoning one uses in 1/16 of a teaspoon
quantities--it might make your sugar plate taste distinctly odd.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook