sca-cooks Re[2]: Atholbrose.

[Beth Morris]

Jeffrey Miller wrote:

> 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...

See Tibor(?)'s excellent comments on making your own.  Or you can buy
the commercial stuff which comes either in cans or tubes (the way
commercial sausage comes in the plastic thing crimped at both ends). 
Its usually in the gourmet/international section of a goodsized
grocery.  A little goes a long way. The chief thing to realize is that
it is very sticky.  Depending on what you use to color it, it can also
turn your hands truly interesting colors.  The more you handle it, the
stickier it gets.... 

Back in our heyday of marzipan concocting, Jaelle & I used commercial
candy colors to color it, and molded it using everything available -
plastic candy molds, the PlayDoh pumper, hands, any available tools.  

Enjoy!

Keilyn