SC - Help! To the Queen's Taste
harper at idt.net
harper at idt.net
Thu Nov 30 21:15:48 PST 2000
And it came to pass on 30 Nov 00, , that Angie Malone wrote:
> I feel sort of stupid asking this,
There are no stupid questions (actually, there are, but this isn't one
of them).
> but what is the difference between Marchpane and marzipan?
Just the language. One is the English name, the other is German.
The other European names sound pretty similar.
> The reason why I ask is there is an article in the
> Autumn 2000 Tournaments Illuminated titled Marchpane recipes. I noticed
> the bibliography has some references to Marzipan.
The TI article deals mostly with English recipes, and therefore uses
the period English name. I tend to use "marzipan" because it is
the modern term I am familiar with.
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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