[Sca-cooks] Almond powder question

[Olwen the Odd]

Be aware that those tubes of marzipan 1) taste icky and 2) are very
expensive.  Also don't confuse the marzipan and and the almond paste (which
I haven't tried tasting but if that is what the marzipan is made from it's
icky).  I have seen, but not tasted almond paste in small soup size cans.
Have I gotten an address for Ilaria yet?
Olwen

>Illaria, try talking to a specialty bakery about marzipan.  There is also
>sweet celebrations which can get any amount of marzipan to you fast.  Come
>to think of it my local safeway has marzipan and almond paste on the shelf
>in the baking section.
>Maeve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org
>[mailto:sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org]On
>Behalf Of BaronessaIlaria at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:50 PM
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Almond powder question
>
>In a message dated 09/18/2002 8:39:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>adamantius.magister at verizon.net writes:
>
> > No, this is an almond-flavored drink mix, unless I'm very much
> >  mistaken, and contains comparatively little, if any, ground almonds.
> >  I have a can of this somewhere in my kitchen, but couldn't find it to
> >  get the ingredients. I STR it contains a lot of sugar, almond
> >  flavoring, and some starch and/or agar-agar for thickening.
>
>Thank you for the info. I managed to scrape the make-it-legal-for-US
>nutritional label off and found that the ingredients are: Sugar, almond,
>corn
>starch, milk powder, dried almond, and glucose. Drat..
>
>Ground almonds seem to be thin on the ground here and my food processor has
>had a myocardial infrarction, so it appears the marzipan is a lost cause.
>You
>would think in a city with an 900K plus population, one of the health food
>stores or fancy schmancy groceries at least would have almond paste! Maybe
>I'm spoiled from having grown up in the Wash DC area....  ::sigh::
>
>Oh well, at least this stuff smells really good!
>
>Ilaria


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