[Sca-cooks] Gum Arabic WAS parlor tricks

[Stefan li Rous]

Vitha asked:
> For those of us uneducated, what would one use gum arabic
> for?

Well, doing a search in the Florilegium for "gum arabic" finds:
in gingerbread
as a binding agent in paints
as a binder in comfits
as a binder in writing inks
as a binder in rose beads for rosaries and other uses
in glues
in making candy
in sugar paste

Stefan
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