SC - Puck's marzipan

[Ian van Tets]

Hello Puckles!  Full marks for effort in the translation!

Somne suggestions:

>Nym geriben oder geftoffen Mandel:

I would suggest past tense - take grated or pounded almonds

>der gar klein ist so er gestossen is - 

perhaps:  that are so fine you can pass them through a sieve?

>so nym schmectend rosenwasser

take 'good-tasting' rosewater

>da wirk ei weiss von 

if this is really a von, we're missing a phrase here.  Could you 
check this bit, please?  Might it be 'ein'?  Then it would read 'work 
an egg white in', which makes sense to me.

>Thu schier soviel zucker darein als der Mandel.

I blush to admit it, bit I don't know what schier means, offhand, and 
my dictionary is at home.  It sounds as though you had the right idea 
- - Add as much sugar as almonds.  Will check and get back to you.

>Nym der oblat

Nym is take, not make.  Is there a mould involved?  It sounds as 
though this may be the case.

>an die leg auff ein Papir.

Lay a paper on the oblat (another word I'll check when I get home) - 
sounds as though you're rolling out on rice paper or similar?

>da mach du den marcipan

make the marzipan

>gross wilt machen:  so nym die oblat

[as] large [as] you want to make it??

>nez andertem

>leg ein ander oblat daran

>es hafft anein ander

Are these Fs or Ss?  Although pretty and 'authentic' in feel, it 
makes it really hard to read when long S gets written as an F.  After 
all, we don't alter most other lettering.

>sonst zu grossen marcipan ist ein oblat zu klein

>nym dann ein inger fey hulzin oder eyfin

Are the Fs here Ss too?  It would help me to know.

>eins zweihen finger gross.


Let me check the rest of this at home, but we should be able to 'nut' 
it out between us.  In the meantime, well done!

Cairistiona**********************************************************
Dr. Ian van Tets
Department of Zoology,       ph: +27 +21 650 3605 (w)
University of Cape Town,                 650 3301 (fax) 
Rondebosch 7701                          689 7839 (h)
Rep. of South Africa.     e-mail: ivantets at botzoo.uct.ac.za
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