If your kitchen is short ofmarzipan, maybe you have a jar (from jarrah) of sultanas.
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What, then, is the ultimate origin ofmarzipan(and its cousin marchpane)?
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As formarzipan, the word has been credited to mauthaban, denoting 'the king is sitting' and will now attack.
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This is the one and only credible explanation of what has been called themarzipan-period of architecture.
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They bought somemarzipanor other sweetmeat for 10,000 marks, and at the given moment they sold the sweetmeats for 100,000 marks.
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He blames private enterprise for what he describes as "themarzipanribbon development" that took place after the last war.
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Themarzipanoverlay is usually green, sprinkled with powdered sugar, and often decorated with a pinkmarzipanrose.
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Next is a layer of sour cherry or apricot jelly and a layer of eithermarzipanor persipan.
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Many confectionery products sold asmarzipanare made from less expensive materials, such as soy paste and almond essence.
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Gingerbread andmarzipanare very popular for dessert.
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Calissons have a texture not unlike that ofmarzipan, but with a fruitier, distinctly melon-like flavor.
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It also has a somewhat different taste, which is sometimes preferred by people who do not like the taste ofmarzipan.
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Persipan often contains 0.5% starch so that it can be easily differentiated frommarzipanwith an iodine test.
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Themarzipanrope in the middle is optional.
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The next morning they will find the hay and carrot replaced by a gift; often, this is amarzipanfigurine.
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