[Sca-cooks] tongue and almonds -- a marzipan tongue?

[Olwen the Odd]

>
>Is it IMPOSSIBLE to find beef tongues?  Every single store and butcher
>I have called say they don't carry beef tongues, can't order beef
>tongues, and say they're illegal -- a so-called "questionable" meat.

>Speaking of flair -- I also can't seem to find any almonds.  Pecans
>and walnuts out the wazoo (correct usage? :), though.  I had wanted to
>try those amazing marzipan roses.  Olwen, kind soul, do you know where
>I can get a large can of that almond paste you spoke of?

>Iyad ibn Bisharo / Thráinn Tjúguskegg

Where the heck do you live that you cann't find beef tongues?  I admit they
aren't in every store every day, but you can certainly get them.  You must
live in a pretty tiny town.

As for the alomond paste, I get mine at Jetro/Restaurant Depot, a wholesale
store for restaurants and corner stores.  Go to a patisserie shop and ask
where they get theirs.  I suggest a patisserie because, unlike a bakery,
they specialize in fancy desserts, wedding cakes, etc. and use lots of
marzipan for icings.  On a small scale, you should be able to get the small
expensive tube of already made marzipan at your local market in the gourmet
section.  I have never used that stuff though so I don't know what, if any,
difference there is.
Good luck you procrastinatior
Olwen

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