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Post #27204 by Basement Kahuna on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 11:04 PM

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Blue Curacao was originally colored in the 18th century by cold steeping with the outer wing shells of french blue beetles. Presumeably now it's full of food color (I think I like that better anyway).