Scott Schultz wrote on Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:54:25 -0800 >I'd suggest Hazelnut. It fills the bill admirably. >Granted it's not red, but I can't think of any commercially available nut >that is red and turns things red that come in contact with it. ( Hi, Hmmm...hazelnut...hazel is a color. Almond is a a color too. But then a person says almonds. They do not say almondnuts. I was wondering if I was wrong about using red food coloring. Khaavren does not mention that the bread is colored red. He is surprised at the color of the bread and the rednuts "account for the color", but the color is not mentioned. Hazelnuts...almonds Hazelnut flour...almond flour Hazelnut liqueur...almond liqueur Hazelnut wood...almond wood Anyone try to puncture either wood with a sword? Or know which is the tougher wood? Bye. Linda G. " said Khaavren. "Your injuries," said Pel. "What of them? You know that we soldiers are made rednut wood, and, should our bark be punctured, we may lose a little sap, but we will send " booksearch chapter 500ya27.html "'The bread,' he remarked after swallowing the first bite, 'is famous, warm as it is, though I admit that the color surprises me, and the cheese produces a sting upon the back of the tongue that I find quite pleasing.' 'I am glad the food pleases you, my lord,' said the pastry chef, who had done himself the honor of serving Khaavren personally, 'for the bread is of my own fashioning, and uses in proportions which are my particular secret, rednuts which have been ground to a powder mixed with wheat flour; it is these that account for the color, as well as the texture. As to the cheese, I can claim no credit save for selecting it. It comes from the vassals of Lord Dunn, and--my lord? Are you well? You seem pale and are pitching most alarmingly, and I beg you to--hullo? My lord? Help, someone! Help! The Captain has been taken ill!'" Five Hundred Years After, Chapter the Twenty-second, page 328