[Sca-cooks] OLWEN'S MARZIPAN

[Olwen the Odd]

>
>In a message dated 10/15/01 3:44:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
>olwentheodd at hotmail.com writes:
>
><< You can ask a a patissarie or a place that does wedding cakes where they
>get
>  their almond paste or marzipan in bulk.  As for the colouring, use a gel
>  rather than the water based ones you get at the grocery store.  They work
>  better and don't stain everything and run colours and they don't affect
>the
>  marzipan with added moisture.
>  Olwen >>
>
>
>Olwen, I have also used the paste colours to no ill effects. Though I do
>admit to using gloves when kneading the colours in. I just don't like my
>hands being stained 4-5 different combinations of colours.
>
>Finnebhir

When using the gel paste colour the colour does not transfer to my hands.
Unlike the water based stuff you get in the grocer which stains everything.
Everyone can tell when we make those apple eggs cuz our hands are all yellow
and red :-(  Some folks use gloves.  Some folks use baggies.  Some folks are
more hands on, like me.  I use gloves only when I am in the final stages of
a hand modeled figure to avoid prints.
Olwen

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