[Sca-cooks] A question about dates and marzipan
Susan Fox
selene at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 11 12:42:32 PST 2008
Ha! Now I need to try that. All the flavor plus a bit of fiber from
the bean skin. Practically health food! That's my story and I'm
sticking to it.
See you tonight,
Sel.
silverr0se at aol.com wrote:
> Martino has marzipan-stuff fava beans - the bean is carefully removed from its skin and replaced with marzipan.
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> Sort of like those "lima beans" you made, Selene, for a lima-hating Duchess we know.
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> Renata
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com>
> To: Cooks list <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 2:45 pm
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] A question about dates and marzipan
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> Is there any textual evidence for almond- or marzipan-stuffed dates in period?
> I've run across a modern reference to them as a "traditional Scottish treat"
> (for what that's worth), but it got me to wondering.
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> Talana
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