[Sca-cooks] Follow up on Marzipan question

Anne duBosc anne_du_bosc at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 22 22:09:40 PST 2002


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On Saturday, December 21, Brighid wrote:
>The oldest recipe for marzipan (though it doesn't use that name) is
>an Arabic one.  I *think* it's from the 13th century Anonymous
>Andalusian Cookbook.  The oldest recipe which uses that name (or
>a variant thereof) is in the 14th c. Catalan confectionary manual:
>"Per Fer Mersepa".

>Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann


Brighid, is this the recipe from The Anonymous Andalusian?  And where could I get a copy of Per Fer Marsepa?



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