[Sca-cooks] Re:peach pit molds

[Stefan li Rous]

Olwen said:
> Stefan, did you see my nut molds last Pennsic?
No, I don't believe I did.
> A couple years ago I made molds from Sculpy.
If I ended up making my own molds, a clay is what I had in mind. The 
peach pit mold that I bought, and which I know others here bought as 
the potterer was all sold out by the time I got there, was made of 
clay. But we've talked about making molds out of Sculpy here before. 
That would be much easier for me to do without having my own kiln.
> I found that if you hunt to find the biggest shell and
> the absolute smallest nutmeat is the best.  I have often made marzipan
> almonds (yes, with the darker "skin" and the natural colour inside), 
> in and
> out of the (sugarplate) shell, and the same with walnuts.
I wasn't getting that ambitious. I'd be rather happy if I could just 
make walnut shells that would fool folks. I was thinking of some kind 
of trinket inside. The ones who choose correctly get a trinket. The 
ones who don't get a nut.
> Quite fun.
> Cracks Chirhart up!  We have since discovered that tossing some of the
> marzipan nutmeats in with the spiced nuts is quite a treat too!
That's an interesting idea, too. The spiced nuts often have some kind 
of spice covering and that would help hide any imperfections in the 
marzipan fakes. A rough, rather than a smooth surface would seem to do 
better or at least be easier. That is probably why the peach pits work 
so well. Even then, the next time I do those I will use (or make) a 
finer grained marzipan than I made last time. Probably using one of 
Olwen's mixes rather than grinding my own almonds.

Stefan
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