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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Marizpan-flavoured liqueur. It's far too drinkable and doesn't taste very alcoholic :hic:
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i don't know whether to be thrilled at the idea that such a thing exists, crushed that i don't think you can get it here, or relieved because i'd probably drink far too much of it.
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In the UK marzipan is both the blocks and the chocolate covered stuff. Frangipane over here is something along the lines of a lines of a Bakewell Tart, without the cherries.
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(Wikipedia yields this definition, which seems to fit
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that doesn't help.
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Although thanks to far too much reading of cookery books dealing with bakery I refer to the blocks as either marzipan or frangpane depending on my mood!
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hee ! for me it's quite different. marzipan is specifically for christmas. i suppose it's silly.