SC - Re: Marzipan texture
kat
kat at kagan.com
Thu Jul 3 13:19:38 PDT 1997
forgive lateness of responses; I'm still catching up on June's mail...
>From: Uduido at aol.com
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: SC - Re: Marzipan texture
>In a message dated 97-06-23 13:56:43 EDT, you write:
><< I often wonder just how "smooth"=20
> >medieval almond paste was compared to what I can get from the=20
> >processor. They had plenty of time and lots of muscle power. >>
>Surprising smooth, IMO. <<snip>>
> During the middle ages, there were >"professional"
>people who made the rounds, so to speak, grinding various spices, etc. =
in
>large batches.
:-)
I read this and got an immediate picture in my head of those cute little =
fellows at Italian restaurants who walk from table to table grinding =
fresh pepper onto your salad... :-)
- kat
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