I think I broke a cardinal rule of collecting!

The wife and I were having dinner with a few friends at a swank modern Italian restaurant last night (so swank, in fact, that our portion of the bill was almost enough to buy me a nice quarter eagle ), and our primo course was a lovely saffron risotto...with 23 karat gold leaf on top! Obviously, the gold was thin as thin can be, but I could barely bring myself to eat it (I saved it for the last bite). I felt like I was eating one of my beloved coins! Horrible...

...and in case you're wondering, it didn't have much - if any - flavor. Still, it was hard to see a precious metal like that end up in my belly.

 

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even worse, imagine where it wound up the next day!

ugh!

 

Tell me about it! I guess gold is also used as a 'garnish' on many a fancy dessert as well. For shame, pastry chefs of the world, for shame.

 

oh my gosh i lead a sheltered life never heard of eating gold..lol

 

You DO know that borders on cannibalism don't you?

 

Niiiice. :thumb:

Jhonn, I used to like you.

Phoenix

 

There's a liquor called Goldschlager (spelling?) that is clear with gold leaf flakes floating around. Gold is pretty much inert and will pass right through you. Silver on the other hand will permanently turn your skin silver/blueish and is irreversible. There are people who drank a silver elixir thinking it would help their health. It turned them Blue.

Bruce

 

I would have not eaten the gold leaf and took it to a pawn shop

 

There's a liquot called Gildschlagger(spelling?) that has glod flakes floating throughout the bottle. Gold is pretty much inert and will pass right through you.

Silver, on the other hand will turn your skin Blue. People have taken a silver elixir thinking it will aid their health. They turned blue.

Check out this man who thought he'd get healthy drinking a silver elixir.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowTUTGOtE0

I kind of like the color myself.

Bruce

 

Never had either gold or silver in my food or drink but I think when I was a little girl I swallowed a penny. I think it ended up in the same place as Jhonns dessert but for a lot less investment.

 

How'd that get in there twice? How'd that get in there twice?

Ok, that's enough.

Bruce

 

This reminds me of something my grandfather used coins for. When the dog had worms, he would take a copper cent and file off a small pile of shavings, then mix it in with the dog's food. The copper would kill the worms. This seemed to work well and one cent is a lot cheaper than a trip to the vet to get a prescription.

 

Oh my god i starting cracking up so hard when it said the mans name across the screen and the caption under it was "Has Blue Skin" :mouth:

 

I have about 2oz of gold leaf. i bought it a long time ago when i did not know, you cant melt it, into ingot form, so it is just sitting in bags in my chest with other things i regret buying in the past, it is cool too look at though. anyone want any LOL

 

Wow! Never thought of that one. I knew in the reef aquarium hobby that much more than a trace of copper in the water will wipe out every invertebrate, including corals, parasites, and worms.

I guess it would make sense that it would kill a dog's parasites.


Ok, back to your regularly scheduled programing. :smile

 

That could work - I swallowed a cent & never had worms.

 

maybe...
but Ive never swallowed a cent, and never have had worms.

 

Yep, copper is extremely toxic to most invertebrates. A lot of medication for aquarium fish contains copper, because it can kill off most parasitic infections... though if you have any invertebrates in your tank, you have to get medicine that isn't copper based or it will kill them too.

 

Your kidding right? Precious metal. Im not sure how you can compare a gold garnish on your plate to a coin. If it was as thin as thin can be I dont see what the problem is. Its not like it was 24 karat gold. Maybe I just dont get it, but I dont see what the big deal is.

 

I have drunk gold, but never eaten it