[Sca-cooks] Gum paste

[Lonnie D. Harvel]

How did you make the cups?

kattratt wrote:

> Depends upon where you store it.  I will warn you however when it says 
> rock hard it means it!!!!  It could almost break your teeth and IS 
> water proof at least for cold water.  Rather tasty if flavored 
> however.  We kept some in the freezer for about 2-3 months before 
> serving.  It makes great dishes.  Damn and sitting here I just figured 
> out how to do plates out of the stuff.   Arrrrggg where was that brain 
> wave a year ago!!!!
> Nichola
> Who made cups last year out of gum/sugar paste but avoided plates so 
> that we wouldn't have to break plates... It never occurred to me to 
> use styrofoam plates!!!!! DUH!!!!!!
>
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> Patrick Levesque wrote:
>
>> According to the information on the Florilegium, gum paste, once dried,
>> becomes rock-hard and remains that way for quite a long time.
>>
>> I was wondering, however, how long it safely will remain edible in that
>> state?
>>
>> Petru
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