[Sca-cooks] Hat was favorite cicada lymerics; YAK

[Olwen the Odd]

I shaped the flour/salt 'playdough' onto a staw hat so the inside of the hat 
was indeed hollow.  The roll was that same 'playdough' but solid.  I had 
origianlly intended to make the roll as a seperate piece and larger, but 
when I made that roll I realized it weighed about 5 pounds (wet) so changed 
the plan to sticking the two together and baking it like that.  It took 
forever to dry.  At one point I was wondering if the inside was drying so we 
turned it over and removed the straw hat and found the inside all wet still 
so we turned it over to dry that part out.  The whole thing was pretty 
heavy, but by the time it went out it was pretty thoroughly dried and only 
weighed in around 5-7 pounds I guess.
Olwen who has discovered making crunchy cicadas to be quite fun!

>Cool!
>Thanks for sharing, Olwen!
>I don't know which is more fun, getting to see what Kiri and Phillip look 
>like, or drooling at your "hat!" (or the nummy-looking tortas!)
>Olwen, is your hat hollow? or is it solid? It's very nice looking!
>--maire, who senses that she missed a great time and good food, just for 
>living on the other side of the continent ;o(
>
>Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
>>Baroness Mary Isabel of Heatherstone sent me this link along with her 
>>congratulations.  It's really great because it shows nice close-ups of 
>>some of Baroness Kiri's dishes, herself and Phillip, her husband!  It also 
>>has a couple pictures of the hat.  So, you tell me, does the sugarplate 
>>look like fabric?  I'll tell you what ~ those cherry and rose tortas look 
>>mighty pretty and yummy!  Great job Kiri!
>>http://photoalbum.duncarraig.net/Challenge-of-the-Heart-Feast-2004
>>

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