[Sca-cooks] Re: Fruitcakes Are Dangerous (and so is sugar paste)

[Heleen Greenwald]

I am so sorry to hear that! Security is one thing... but what idiots! Can
you complain officially to someone and get recompence for your damaged
books, clothes etc?
Phillipa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elise Fleming" <alysk at ix.netcom.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Fruitcakes Are Dangerous (and so is sugar paste)


> Cailte wrote:
> >bet SOMEBODY in the post office had a cow thinking it might be some kind
> >of plastique!
>
>
> When I traveled to the Cooks' Convention in Colorado Springs to teach a
class on sugar paste, I had a sealed-from-the-factory bag of commercially
labeled gum paste mix as well as a large blob (1-1.5 lb.) of gum paste
already mixed up and in a ziploc bag.  Both were in my checked luggage.
While waiting to board the plane, a man came up to me and asked if I was who
I was, and then just what was it I had in my luggage, please?  I told him.
He said that was what they thought it was since I had books of gum paste
design and photos along with the other items.  He left and I figured
everything was okay.  When I finally opened the bag in the hotel room I
discovered that some *%#@! had _slit_ the bag of gum paste powder.  The
powdered sugar had infiltrated everything in the suitcase - books, clothes,
fabric of the lining - everything.  I had about half a bag left.   No one
said they'd done anything.  None of the idiots had put the damaged bag into
one of the empty ziploc bags that !
> were next to it.  Sugar paste plastique!
>
> Alys Katharine
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