Dear Carol;-
    Since no one has jumped forward claiming to have a rice paste
wentletrap or any other shells made of that ingredient, you may be
right asserting that they did not exist. We'll use this venue to ask
the question of the week: Has anyone out there ever seen the
legendary rice-paste shells?
      Question Man
ps: THE Book: It is in the hands of the publisher, Maria Angioy of La
Conchiglia. When she tells me----I'll tell everyone.