Manus Christi -- was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Selene's Files

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 29, 2005, at 8:24 AM, Volker Bach wrote:

> IIRC 'Manus Christi' refers to a gesture - palm out, fingers  
> together, thumb
> spread away from them - that is typical of Christ in medieval  
> iconography and
> signifies what we'd call the 'thread' stage, tested between the  
> thumb and
> forefinger.
>
> But I'm no sugar cook, I only know this by theory.
>
> Giano

This would make plenty of sense, but I'm pretty sure I've seen  
references to a specific confection called Manus Christi. It might  
easily be derived from that gesture, though.

I'll look for recipes. Somebody want to flag this sub-thread for Alys  
K.? This is the kind of thing she'd know about, I suspect.

Adamantius




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