[Sca-cooks] Re: Indigo

[Johnna Holloway]

They were recreating 1604 or 400 years ago. And yes they
said it was indigo. They were painting it on the sugarpaste with
a very fine brush.

Johnnae

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Ok. The Jacobean era is post-1600, right? And did they indicate that 
> the coloring was indigo or can you tell just by looking whether it is 
> woad or indigo?
>
> I had thought that Indigo might be of New World origin, but I guess it 
> just showed up in the same time frame as a result of the European 
> Voyages of Discovery opening up new areas. I'm surprised, since this 
> would be one of the few dyes that could be used to create blue colored 
> foods according to earlier conversations here, that indigo wasn't 
> imported along with the other Asian spices such as pepper.
>
> Stefan
>