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ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-14-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you didn't tell me there were crocs !!! please, please, say you mean the shoes !!!!!

Of course the shoes - have you ever seen them get agitated? It's scary. Very scary. The little decorations pop out of the holes and everything

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that might prevent me overdosing in the limited window it *is* available.

(actually, i just stockpile it in the fridge. i finished my last box of marzipan from last christmas only a few weeks ago.

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Stockpiling only works to a limited degree in that I have to forget about it first

I've also discovered I can order my favourite marzipan online, all year round. And they do a marzipan liqueur, too...

LazyScot · 10-14-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

You have a point - this sort of stuff should be in store all year round...

I thought it was. At least I have a friend who make a *seriously* nice Marzipan and Pear cake (the marizpan isin the cake, not on it). And it is suitably fed with an alcoholic beverage...

kindlekitten · 10-14-2009, 06:07 PM

the baking quality marzipan is, but not for instance the little piggies and such (and of course they are never here, at least not that I have found)

LazyScot · 10-14-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Of course the shoes - have you ever seen them get agitated? It's scary. Very scary. The little decorations pop out of the holes and everything

Strange. I thought it was Montbretia Quincux the Sixth splashing about for fun....

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-14-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

I thought it was. At least I have a friend who make a *seriously* nice Marzipan and Pear cake (the marizpan isin the cake, not on it). And it is suitably fed with an alcoholic beverage...

Blocks of marzipan are, but all the cakes and gingerbread isn't.

And it seems easier to get Niederegger marzipan in the run up to christmas...

http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/br...ot/05062_9.php

zelda_pinwheel · 10-14-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Of course the shoes - have you ever seen them get agitated? It's scary. Very scary. The little decorations pop out of the holes and everything

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Stockpiling only works to a limited degree in that I have to forget about it first

i usually manage to ration it out okay.

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I've also discovered I can order my favourite marzipan online, all year round. And they do a marzipan liqueur, too...

marzipan with liqueur inside (bleargh) or liqueur flavoured with marzipan (i'm intrigued) ?

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

I thought it was. At least I have a friend who make a *seriously* nice Marzipan and Pear cake (the marizpan isin the cake, not on it). And it is suitably fed with an alcoholic beverage...

that's frangipane. i suppose technically it's the same thing, but marzipan is usually covered in chocolate and only available at christmas. whereas frangipane is, as any baker worth their salt knows, an essential ingredient in pear tartes (and pies), and must therefore be available all year round.

zelda_pinwheel · 10-14-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Blocks of marzipan are, but all the cakes and gingerbread isn't.

And it seems easier to get Niederegger marzipan in the run up to christmas...

http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/br...ot/05062_9.php

yes, exactly, all the cakes and gingerbread isn't !!! (my entire kitchen is stuffed with packages of gingerbread and christmas cakes now. sheesh. but also, yum.

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ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-14-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

marzipan with liqueur inside (bleargh) or liqueur flavoured with marzipan (i'm intrigued) ?

Marizpan-flavoured liqueur. It's far too drinkable and doesn't taste very alcoholic :hic:

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that's frangipane. i suppose technically it's the same thing, but marzipan is usually covered in chocolate and only available at christmas. whereas frangipane is, as any baker worth their salt knows, an essential ingredient in pear tartes (and pies), and must therefore be available all year round.

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.

(Wikipedia yields this definition, which seems to fit:

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A Belgian almond pastry tart.
Usually the individual cakes have a striped pattern on top, occasionally with icing (looks a little like a hot cross bun from above).

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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!

kindlekitten · 10-14-2009, 06:20 PM

the flavor is obviously one of the biggest draws, but I find the texture to be a big part of the eating experience. I don't know about the liquer... sounds like it might have a helluva morning after kick

zelda_pinwheel · 10-14-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Marizpan-flavoured liqueur. It's far too drinkable and doesn't taste very alcoholic :hic:

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

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!

hee ! for me it's quite different. marzipan is specifically for christmas. i suppose it's silly.

Peverel · 10-14-2009, 06:21 PM

All this talk of marzipan made me think of Battenburg Cake - sooo yummy.........

zelda_pinwheel · 10-14-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Peverel

All this talk of marzipan made me think of Battenburg Cake - sooo yummy.........

what on earth is that ??? is it supposed to be that colour ???

Idoine · 10-14-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Blocks of marzipan are, but all the cakes and gingerbread isn't.

And it seems easier to get Niederegger marzipan in the run up to christmas...

http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/br...ot/05062_9.php

YOU... Why did you put that link under my nose !

Now I need to wipe the drool of my keyboard !

PS : They even have little pigs...

Peverel · 10-14-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

what on earth is that ??? is it supposed to be that colour ???

LMAO - yes it is yellow and pink rectangles of sponge cake - held together with jam and wrapped in marzipan lol - it is yummy

And here is a Bakewell Tart for you too

Peverel · 10-14-2009, 06:25 PM

I remember visiting Lubeck on a school trip and having a tour of the marzipan factory - oh happy days - the golden days of my youth *sighs*

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kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	the baking quality marzipan is, but not for instance the little piggies and such (and of course they are never here, at least not that I have found)

10-14-2009, 06:20 PM	#39
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	the flavor is obviously one of the biggest draws, but I find the texture to be a big part of the eating experience. I don't know about the liquer... sounds like it might have a helluva morning after kick

10-14-2009, 06:21 PM	#41
Peverel Still Easily Confused Posts: 889 Karma: 505319 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey - yes I am that big Device: Kindle	All this talk of marzipan made me think of Battenburg Cake - sooo yummy.........

10-14-2009, 06:25 PM	#45
Peverel Still Easily Confused Posts: 889 Karma: 505319 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey - yes I am that big Device: Kindle	I remember visiting Lubeck on a school trip and having a tour of the marzipan factory - oh happy days - the golden days of my youth sighs