[Sca-cooks] Gum Arabic WAS parlor tricks
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Tue Oct 25 10:53:26 PDT 2005
On Oct 25, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Martinsen at ansteorra.org, Kerri"
<kerrimart at cablespeed.com>"@ansteorra.org wrote:
> For those of us uneducated, what would one use gum arabic for?
>
> Vitha
Today it shows up in candies, chewing gum, and sometimes as an
emulsifier for ice cream, among other uses. I'm not sure to what
extent Gum Arabic is used in period cookery or confectionery, but
other gums (primarily gums tragacanth and benzoin, a.k.a. gum dragon
and benjamin, respectively, in some period sources) are used mostly
as either edible adhesives or to change the textures of various
foods, mostly confections. So, for example, you sometimes see
instructions to use a solution of gum to glue gold or silver leaf to
a food or a pastille, or to toughen up sugar plate (IOW, to make it
less brittle and fragile), etc. I believe gums in small quantities
can also have medicinal applications -- maybe someone else has more
detailed information at hand, but I vaguely recall some gums being
considered to have expectorant qualities.
Adamantius
>
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:20:25 -0400
> <kingstaste at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> We do this as a Mad Science stunt, usually at outside birthday
>> parties. Fun and messy!
>> Christianna
>> This was posted on the Middlebridge but since it does
>> contain an ingredient that is used in society kitchens
>> (gum arabic gets the blame) I thought people might like
>> it. I have a pound in the kitchen pantry right now.
>> Give the film time to load.
>> Johnnae
>> -----------
>> was written
>> http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2681471
>> This is just so darned cool I
>> just have to share it far and wide! I
>> think you could do kids parties with this trick!
>> griz
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