[Sca-cooks] "Edible" Cinnamon Sticks

[Irmgart H]

Recently I was very surprised to find gum tragawhateveritis in our local
Kroger (in the "natural" section near the pharmacy)... 1/2 lb for $10. Most
recipies I've seen for sugarpaste is like 1 lb powdered sugar to 1 tbs gum,
so that's not *terribly* expensive (in my head anyway)

-Irmgart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Olwen the Odd
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] "Edible" Cinnamon Sticks
>
>
> >Was helping a friend work up a few ideas on things to make head
> and keep on
> >hand when planning feasts and whatnot.  She said something about seeing
> >faux, edible cinnamon sticks once at a feast she went to but had no idea
> >who made them or how they were made..  I'm never heard of such a
> thing, was
> >wondering if anyone knew of a recipe?  Or at least had a good idea.
> >
> >She said that all she cold remember is that the looked like real
> (ie, soft,
> >Mexican...) cinnamon and that said spice had to be one of the main
> >ingredance because that's all she could taste.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >James P.
>
> Baroness Cordelia makes these fairly often and has given us
> instruction on
> how she does it.  Even though the Breers gives the method of mixing the
> sugarplate up with the gum tragicanth, who can afford to do that for the
> masses.  For an A&S small batch yes, for a bunch, well, I'm not
> that rich.
> We use the recipe calling for gelatin.  Mix equal parts of ginger and
> cinnimon and lay-on fairly thickly the surface you intend to roll out the
> sugarplate on, then roll out your s-plate turning over so as to coat both
> sides well with the spice mix, adding more under the s-plate as needed.
> After you have rolled the plate out thinly, cut into rectangles
> about 4 x 6
> or smaller, then loosely roll two sides toward each other or one
> side all in
> one direction (but if you do this don't make the strip so long, only a
> couple inches or so).  Set aside for a small while to dry hard.  Easy as
> pie.
> Olwen
>
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