[Sca-cooks] Re: Meringue Mushrooms

[Olwen the Odd]

Hey Maire!  Every melt marzipan?  All you have to do is add a little liquid.
  OHOH!! and the HOT liquid melts it even quicker!!
No, sorry sweetie.  Your idea won't work.  Thanks for giving it a go though.

Actually, if you take some nice cream and melt a nice amount of marzipan in
it, it makes a ~lovely~ thin sauce for fresh fruit or to pour on icecream!
(remember THE STUFF Chirhart?)  Also, in working in marzipan if you make a
'slip' with some rosewater and marzipan (in the colour you want), you can
dab or paint it on your piece to give it some texture and depth or to mottle
colours to give it a realistic look.

Olwen, who is really in a strange defensive mood today for unknown reasons.

>Hey Olwen...why not try some sort of sugar glaze, where you cook sugar
>to a soft crack? stage (it get syrupy but not carmelized), and then dip
>the "pickles" in it.  ISTR seeing a couple of recipes for fresh fruit
>done this way in a chinese cookbook I got a long time ago.  I'd be more
>than willing to look them up for you if you like.....
>--Maire, who's now, for some reason, stuck with this in her head, and
>wants to share <weg>:
>"Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce,
>Special orders don't upset us,
>All we ask is that you let us serve it your way....
>Have it your way....at Olwen's place...Have it your way....."
>(scuttling for Rock safety as I type <g>)
>
>Olwen the Odd wrote:
> >
> > > > Maybe Mari can do that herself!  Meringue mushrooms are so simple it
>is
> > >one
> > > > of the first things you teach children!
> > > > Olwen
> > >
> > >Which I would like to point out, you have NEVER taught me...  Just
>freakin'
> > >marzipan laurel leaves (love marzipan - yum! - am not an artist.
>Making
> > >these leaves was TORTURE!!!).
> > >
> > >I thought I was part of your studio, too.... You're just discriminating
> > >against me, cause..cause... Well, you're being MEAN.  Not fair.  I been
> > >sick.....
> > >
> > >Who loves ya, Olwen? <grin>
> > >
> > >Ro, wacky on pain killers which is why she is coming out of lurkdom
> >
> > Yeah, yeah, give a girl a little cancer and she starts screaming she's
>been
> > sick...ya know, your not going to get away with that at Crown
>Tourney..you
> > will be all better by then and no excuses!  Anyway, *someone* will have
>to
> > do my share of the work in the kitchen!
> >
> > Ha! You think ~~*YOU*~~ hate making laurel leaves???  If I never see
>another
> > laurel leaf again it will be too soon!  I have even thrown out every bay
> > leaf in my spice cabinet~!  And the stupid thing is I wonder who will
>even
> > *SEE* the damn things in the end!  Nope.  Never.  Never again.  I
>promise.
> > No more huge dumb Arms projects.  We will just stick to the fun stuff
>and
> > the the random personal Arms of friends and loved ones.  I'm thinkin
>pickles
> > for High table?  I'm getting down that 'wet' look.
> >
> > Get my voicemail?  I thought about coming over tonight and picking up
>the
> > two Arms that are still over there.  If not, I'll go wash and vacuum my
>car
> > to get it ready for Pennsic going and catch up with you tomorrow or the
> > next.
> > Love ya girl.
> > Olwen


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