[Sca-cooks] dyestuff toxicity?

[Jane/Bj Tremaine]

Do you drink Snappel? Yes! Then you eat them.

Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "A F Murphy" <afmmurphy at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] dyestuff toxicity?


> I think a cochineal derivative is used in food, but... they're bugs. I
> admit I sort of don't care if they are toxic, I'm not eating them...
>
> I think bedstraw is used as an herbal medicine, so look in  your
> herbals. I don't remember what for, and I don't have a reference handy.
>
> No idea about the others.
>
> You want reds, I gather?
>
> Anne
>
> jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:
>
> >Ok, I can't believe my books don't have this information, but I guess
they
> >assume that you'll be using dyestuffs with mordants. Anybody have any
> >toxicity information for
> >- brazilwood
> >- bedstraw
> >- madder
> >- cochineal
> >- logwood
> >Alkanet should be safe as it's a period food colorant still used in
> >homemade Lipstick, right?
> >
> >-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
> >
>
>
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