sca-cooks Transport of Foodstuffs
gypsy1
gypsy1 at unm.edu
Thu Apr 10 12:43:28 PDT 1997
I watched an interesting show on Marzipan and all the wonderful things
you can do with it (like a basket full of marzipan fruits - you couldn't
tell the difference!) anyone have any experience in working with it? I
may try my hand at a few marzipan carrots and maybe some Marzipan Men
(like Gingerbread Men) but if there is anything I need to know about
working with this material, I'm always looking to learn something new...
It is fun. If you make your own, grind the almonds super-fine, and remember
that modern recipes for marzipan call for ingredients that don't seem to
have been used back then. And that modern confectioners sugar has
cornstarch.
At a feast some years ago, when a close friend was being made a Laurel, the
Queen had announced that she loathed carrots. Carrots being on the menu, my
friend Franchesca had made a soteltie of carrots made of marzipan. Hoping
to impress the Queen.
My wife had made a soteltie too: a model of the Thrones of the East, with
the Monarchs seated on them, and our friend Aquel receiving his Laurel: All
of them wearing the same clothes they actually wore that day. It was
presented with a fanfare, an announcement, and was paraded around the hall
before the statues were presented to High Table. Just before the carrots.
Sigh. Francesca said "pooh".
Tibor
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list