Cooking decimal coins - a big no no

[drakesterling]

For a chuckle:

http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/cook/is-it-ok-to-put-coins-in-the-christmas-pudding-20131116-2xn0i.html?aggregate=515706

Eric

[robbiegal]

thanks for that
and now I know how to preserve whole apricots without a fowlers kit!

[Triggersmob]

Silver is a natural antibiotic and it is suppose to be the reason that many richer people remained well in the old days.
They were using silver knives, forks and spoons to eat their meals.

[robbiegal]

we have friends who are from Pakistan and they serve up little cakes that have silver foil on the top of the cake - thin as a wafer
but edible - very nice too

[Fulvio]

we have friends who are from Pakistan and they serve up little cakes that have silver foil on the top of the cake - thin as a wafer
but edible - very nice too

http://www.cakesaroundtown.com.au/catalog/cakes-around-town-silver-leaf-book-sheets-p-3328.html

Or, just melt down some round 50¢ :dodgy:

[robbiegal]

yeah!! that is the stuff
it doesn't really taste like anything but it looks great

[Fulvio]

yeah!! that is the stuff
it doesn't really taste like anything but it looks great

Oh dear... Look what I just found!

http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/profiles/blogs/indian-sweets-silver-foils

[robbiegal]

OMG that is disgusting
i'll never eat the stuff again

[Robster]

"Only eat Australian silver". :Alvarin_33:

[Sapyx]

Silver is considered edible in Europe, where it is listed as food additive E174 in the European code. In America, the FDA officially regards silver as inedible and advises that those little balls of silver-coated sugar (dragees) used to decorate cakes be treated as decorative items only and should not be eaten. Silver dragees are illegal to sell in California, but legal in all other states.

Pure silver should be harmless to eat; your stomach acid is primarily hydrochloric acid, which does not react with silver. If you're going to eat silver (or use silver coins in cooking), make sure it's fairly high-purity silver. Sterling is OK, but the .800 and .500 fine coins have too much copper in them to be safe. Cupronickel substitutes are a definite no-no.

From the website in the OP:

You can buy pudding packs of sixpence, shillings and tuppence from coin dealers. Try perthmint.com.au.

I like how they treat the Perth Mint as a "coin dealer". But it's true. Perth Mint will indeed sell you a little red bag of "pudding coins", with three threepences and three sixpences in it, for $25. Though I notice that the coins pictured as examples in the Perth bag are .500 fine.

Finally, I think they meant to say "threepences", not "tuppences". A British silver tuppence would be too small to use in food safely without risk of swallowing, and a cartwheel tuppence is not only made of solid copper but is big enough to serve a pudding on.

[Nevol]

Finally, I think they meant to say "threepences", not "tuppences".

Is thought they just made a mess of thruppence. :angel:

[drakesterling]

They spelt it how people say it. Same like "hapney" for half penny.

[Fr45h3R]

They spelt it how people say it. Same like "hapney" for half penny.

Even though they're my denomination of choice, I still call them half pennies or halves :s

[JeffH]

It is usually "ha'penny".
Jeff the pedant.

[Fulvio]

Jeff the pedant.

Jeff the ha'penny pendant?

Oh, and you left the N out mate... just being helpful, as I am wont to be... :angel: