[Sca-cooks] Ambargris Pudding & Other Perfumed Foods

[Suey]

Aruvqan Myers wrote:
"In addition to animal based musk there are some plant based ones. My 
google-fu sucks this morning. . ."
- If you would be so kind to go to my blog:
http://spanishfoodma.blogspot.com/
- in search type musk. The first answer that comes up talks about musk 
plants.

Johanna Holloway wrote:

"I have found a mention where ambergris shows up in the 21st century in 
the UK Fay said... Heston Blumenthal in one of his 'recreation of feasts 
past' TV shows used ambergris in one of the dishes. He had to source it 
from a specialist dealer in France and it was expensive enough to give 
even Heston pause. Lucky whales!

"Do you count rose water or orange water or lavender sugars? Lavender 
shows up in products ranging from hand creams to various desserts.

"I have tasted Gervase Markham's early 17th century white puddings made 
in casings.

- Yes, they count but you and I have these products in our kitchens - I 
because of my present endeavor. Does the good housewife perfume her 
food? If so what would be her recipes?
-Are puddings stuffed in casings anywhere today?
- Does this preserve the ingredients like sausages? - Why could this 
have been done in the first place.

Elise Fleming wrote:
"Did I miss something? "Plant"?? Deer musk is not a plant. It's a 
secretion from a gland."

- Please see my blog, details above.
Aruvqan Myers
"There are 4 or 5 plants commonly used to be a vegetarian form of muck, 
muskwood and angelica are 2 of them, I would have to google for the 
others. I like the idea of plant based musk over synthetic - more and 
more people are objecting to killing cute little Bambi for their musk fix."

- Please look at my musk blog and then lets figure these plants out.

Many thanks for your imput.
I still am dubious about putting pudding into casings.
Suey