Remember the candy that was like small paraffin soda bottles with colored
sugar water?  We always ended up eating the paraffin "cap"
Rose
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monson, Frederick C." 
To: "HistoNet Server (E-mail)" 
Cc: "'Rose Richardson'" 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: RE: paraffin survey - GulfWax Recipe


> Could not resist this!
>
> REF:  http://www.tuckerpecan.com/recipes/content.html
>
> COCONUT PECAN BONBONS
>
> 1/2 Cup of Butter or Margarine
> 2 Boxes XXXX Sugar
>
> 11/2 Cups Tucker Chopped Pecans
> 1 6-oz. Bag of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
>
> 1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
> 1 Square Gulfwax Paraffin
>
> 1 Large bag of Coconut
>
>     Mix all ingredients together in large bowl.   Shape into balls.
> Refrigerate 15-20 minutes.  Using double boiler, melt paraffin, then melt
> chocolate chips in paraffin.  Using toothpicks, dip refrigerated balls
into
> chocolate.  Place on wax paper.
>
>
> Frederick C. Monson, PhD
> Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging(CASI)
> West Chester University of Pennsylvania
> Schmucker Science Center II
> South Church Street
> West Chester, PA, 19383
> eMail:  fmonson@wcupa.edu
> http://darwin.wcupa.edu/casi/
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Rose Richardson
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:14 AM
> > To: RSRICHMOND@aol.com; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > Subject: Re: paraffin survey
> >
> > Brings to mind a paraffin mixture that I had to use for an experiment
with
> > a
> > collaborator a few years ago.  They used one ounce of beeswax to a pound
> > of
> > Gulfwax for rabbit brains.  (and yes, you can still buy Gulfwax in some
> > stores during jelly making season!)
> > Rose
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: paraffin survey
> >
> >
> > > Gulfwax?
> > >
> > > I've been a pathologist since - gack - 1964 - and, while there've been
> > many
> > > ups and downs, in general the slides are a great deal better than they
> > were
> > > when I was a resident. I have the abiding suspicion that improved
> > embedding
> > > media are the biggest single reason for this improvement.
> > >
> > > In 1964 tissue was embedded in paraffin - a complex and ill defined
> > mixture
> > > of natural aliphatic hydrocarbons (the word "paraffin" is a blend of
two
> > > Latin words "parum affinis" literally meaning 'little related' -
doesn't
> > > combine with anything). You could actually go to the grocery store and
> > buy
> > > the wax that home canners used, and some labs did this.
> > >
> > > Today's embedding media are complex mixtures of organic molecules that
> > may
> > > have been mentioned in my 1957 organic chemistry course some spring
day
> > when
> > > I cut class to drink beer on the banks of the Charles. Their
composition
> > is
> > > entirely trade secret, and even if it were revealed it wouldn't tell
> > most
> > of
> > > it very much. This evolution occurred with little if any documentation
> > in
> > the
> > > literature - for example, a review of embedding media in the J
> > Histotechnol a
> > > few years ago barely mentioned it.
> > >
> > > What happened? I've always wondered.
> > >
> > > Bob Richmond
> > > Samurai Pathologist
> > > Knoxville TN
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>