[Sca-cooks] baking gods

[Olwen the Odd]

>And when you make marzipan you must spill a small amount of powdered
>sugar on the floor while you are mixing. It doesn't come out quite right
>if you don't. Or so Mom says, and she learned from her father, who was a
>professional baker. So it must be true. ;-)
>
>Margaret FitzWilliam

I can attest to that.  I make marzipan at Chirharts cuz I don't have no
fancy fangled devices, preferring to chop, slice, bash, grind, etc by hand.
I can say their kitchen is a little "dustier" when I am done but then, I
make 7lb/7lb ratio which equals never enough marzipan.
Olwen

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