[Sca-cooks] Reasonable substitution for musk question.

[Robyn.Hodgkin at affa.gov.au]

hmmm  well various sources say that musk sweets have a parma violet taste if that is any help. Not that I actually know what palma violets are!

I would put the flavour in the same sort of class as orange flower water... a little like rose water (in that it is very flowery and perfume-y) but not as strong in flavour.  If you have ever made violet cordial it smells rather like that.

Is that any help?

Kiriel

-----Original Message-----
From: Louise Smithson [mailto:helewyse at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:29 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Reasonable substitution for musk question.


I am trying to work up a biscotti recipe for A&S and
the recipe calls for musk.  Does anyone know of a
reasonable (and less cruel) substitution for musk or
is the best bet just to leave it out of the recipe?
Helewyse