[Steppes] Ancient / Early Period Nifty

[Betsy Marshall]

Okay- I was thinking it was some sort of shell fish bacterium mixed in
the fermenting process that reduced the dye,
Perhaps reading too much into it.. Pyro

-----Original Message-----
From: steppes-bounces at ansteorra.org
[mailto:steppes-bounces at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of ED Reese
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 12:30 PM
To: Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc.
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Ancient / Early Period Nifty

He bought a jar at Tescos, and the impression I had, was that they
weren't 
fresh, they were preserved. Let me re- read.....

Yep. And I quoth --

"He bought a jar of them from Tesco. "Having removed the vinegar, I
placed 
several of the cockles with some of the purple pigment in a vat
consisting 
of a 2 lb jam jar."

Hmm, sayeth she!!

Esther



At 07:58 AM 04/30/2004, you wrote:
>Still need a place to buy fresh cockles tho'....
>Pyro
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: steppes-bounces at ansteorra.org
>[mailto:steppes-bounces at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Julie Cunningham
>Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:42 AM
>To: Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc.
>Subject: RE: [Steppes] Ancient / Early Period Nifty
>
>Thanks for the story!
>
>Kathryn
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ED Reese [mailto:edreese at swbell.net]
>Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:31 PM
>To: Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc.
>Subject: [Steppes] Ancient / Early Period Nifty
>
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3103354.stm
>
>No, this isn't dreadful spam. It is a link to a chap who did some
>experimental archeology, and came up with a dye technique "long lost"
>for
>Imperial Purple. Well, it's a link to the _story_ about the chap. Pass
>it
>on to those who would be interested.
>
>Cheers!
>
>HL Esther of Ennis Merth
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