[Sca-cooks] Marzipan Outcome

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Oct 27, 2005, at 4:52 AM, <mollirose at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Plate...plate...plate...not pane. It's going to be one of those  
> things I
> fumble with. I did this all weekend too.
>
> Molli

Just remember this little mnemonic device about confections and  
seasonal humidity:

"Sugar plate is a March pane."

Okay, I just made that up. But still...

Adamantius


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
> To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:15 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Marzipan Outcome
>
>
>
>> Molli-zpan Rose mentioned:
>>
>>> They seemed to go over very well and I’m hooked. I love Marzipan and
>>> I’m looking forward to working in Sugar Pane and Marzipane!
>>>
>>
>> What is "Sugar Pane"? Is this the same as sugar paste or sugar plate?
>>
>>
>>> It was fun and a very satisfying experience. Now
>>> what to do with 7 lbs of Almond Paste (still sealed in the can)   
>>> that
>>> is left over
>>> I’m home this weekend come on over!
>>>
>>
>> My apologies if you've already checked out these files, but there are
>> a lot of good answers on technique as well as some project ideas in
>> these two files in the FOOD-SWEET section of the Florilegium:
>> marzipan-msg      (85K)  6/18/04    Use of marzipan (almond paste) in
>> sotelties.
>> sugar-paste-msg  (104K)  6/29/03    Making sugar paste sotelties.
>>
>> Perhaps this one might also be of interest:
>> Sgr-a-Cnftns-art  (20K) 12/26/00    "Of Sugar and Confections" by  
>> Alys
>>                                         Katharine, O.L., O.P. (Elise
>> Fleming).
>>
>> I don't have the URL immediately available, but for some ideas you
>> might also want to take a look through the photographs that Olwen has
>> of her multitude of marzipan projects.
>>
>> Stefan
>> --------
>> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
>> StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them  
eat cake!"
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"Confessions", 1782

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