[Sca-cooks] Re: OT/OOP: Wazzup with "Red Velvet Cake"

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Susan Fox-Davis:
>Christina L Biles wrote:
>
>>>>>Okay, guys, let's hear the pitch. Is this really something people eat?
>>>>>
>>
>>Adamantius
>>
>>Yes.   It's actually very good.   Very light, yet rich.  (It's just 
>>as good sans food coloring, btw.)  It's one of the traditional 
>>flavors for groom's cakes and a favorite for potlucks where I grew 
>>up.  Warning - Don't eat too much, or your residue will be colored 
>>for a couple of days. Freaks out the D**n Yankees.  ;>
>>-Maggie (originally of Tx)
>>
>Oh that food coloring after-effect.  My good lord husband was 
>alarmed at his poop turning grey one time;  we had to figure out 
>what he had been putting in the other end and concluded it was the 
>"Romulan Ale" [blue-dyed lager] that someone had brought him from 
>the Star Trek Experience.
>Selene C.

And here I was, guys, being tactfully non-specific on the subject of 
food colorings that are ... ahem... not metabolized...

I guess this is a subject where the gory details are essential.

Adamantius ("Nope. Nuthin' wrong here...")