My word for the day: MARZIPAN
 

So, yesterday, I get home from work and get ready for my weekly tennis night. And a word pops into my head: marzipan. (a confection of crushed almonds, almond paste, sugar, and egg whites that is often shaped into various forms.)

I'm not a big fan of the pastry, but I do find the word to be one that rolls off the tongue rather elegantly.

So anyway, not 10 minutes later, I'm eating dinner with Mrs. Z-man. We were flipping through a catalog we received in the mail that day - a catalog of gift pastries and such. Sure enough, about half-way through the catalog is a fine selection of .... wait for it ... marzipan gift boxes.

Now while I do often think about funny or unique words (the words homogenized and symbiote comes to mind), but I can't remember the last time I thought of, or ate marzipan. Weird.

Another coincidence that happened in the last 24 hours: I was reading the latest Road and Track, and read a little blurb on how Steve McQueen's 911, the one that was filmed in the beginning of Le Mans was sold at auction recently for over $1,200,000.00. This morning, I was listening to WPLJ (local pop station), and they were doing their weekly "Dead star in an envelope" game (based on clues, callers try to guess who a deceased star is.) Sure enough, the "dead star" this morning was Steve McQueen.

Now if I happen to come across a picture of McQueen eating some marzipan, I'm gonna get a little freaked out...

-Z-man.

Z read up on Marzipan..
interesting history..
popular in Germany during the holidays..

Rika

I have a sweet tooth and like chocolates, but I'm not a huge fan of marzipan.

Marzipan is like Caviar in that there are varying levels of quality. A good Marzipan is a special treat!

Lazy bakers frosting

Hey, at least it's better than fondant.

Marzipan in the shape of pigs are big in Sweden.

Just saying..

Must be big in Istanbul as well. I never heard of Marzipan until Evren spoke of his favorite Marzipan shop, he taking the children there..

Gotta admit, I'd prefer a hand dipped truffle...one of the things I really miss since being diagnosed type 2 diabetic.

Mmmmm, truffles!

My absolute fav are/were Joseph Schmidt, right up until Hershey bought them and closed them down. Hershey should burn in hell.

It's akin to Nissan buying Ferrari, Rolls or Lamborghini and shutting them down.

omg, bake in the middle of fresh crescent dough... hmmmm

A German treat and love it. I have a German deli / import store near me and is the good marzipan is irresistable.

I grew up with it during the holidays. Big thing during Christmas. Still love the stuff...

German food from GermanDeli.com

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A nice word indeed.

This is battenburg cake, probably my drug of choice. The outside is, yes, marzipan.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1320349415.jpg

seems to me a diabetic Zoltan should go easy on the marzipan.

As long as it is only an occasional event, truffles, banana splits, whatever, are okay for diabetics. For crying out loud, you are grown men.

Well sort of anyway.

Hey - I said I like the word -- MARZIPAN.

Though, I won't deny that I have a sweet tooth!!! :eek:

Tomorrow's word: Mazeltov

I say WPLJ, really taste good to me
WPLJ, won't you take a drink with me
Well, it's a good good wine
It really make you feel so fine
(So fine, so fine, so fine)

I went to the store when they opened up the door
I said: "Please please please gimme some more"
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

You take the bottle, you take the can
Shake it up fine, you get a good good wine.
White Port & Lemon Juice,
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah . . . )
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

The W is the White,
The P is the Port,
The L is the Lemon,
The J is the Juice
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

Well I feel so good, I feel so fine
I got plenty lovin', I got plenty wine
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
I said White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

I believe I did some studio and/or furniture designing for WPLJ many years ago. Do they ever play Zappa's rendition?

Ditto. I'm the only one in the immediate family who likes it.

Buy a lottery ticket!

Marzipan? I thought she was Home Star Runner's girl.

Oh Yeah Yeah!!

It's just a goofy website/timewaster. However, it does feature "Trogdor, the Burninator"