[Sca-cooks] The dangers of synthetic dyes

[Susan Fox-Davis]

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:

>So basically what he is saying is, SCA-period food-based colorants are
>good, modern chemical dyes are bad.
>
>Annatto being the only exception, and maybe we can squeeze that in with
>the Conquistadors post-1492. <smile>
>
>Selene C.
>
>One more thing, I was just reading through "The Colorful Cook" Creative
>Anachronist, and there are lots of SCA-Period dyes that are referred to as
>the "Perrilous Colors", things that are NOT safe to ingest but were used in
>period.  So, while your statement above is close, it isn't good as a blanket
>statement.  (Lead dust, anyone?)
>Christianna
>
I was choosing my words very carefully.  "Food-based" lets out lead 
dust.  Yum yum yuk.

Sel.