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This was, I think, meant for us on Byzcath There seems to be what over here, is called a clype [ definitions - someone who tells tales :p ] on Byzcath  Chocolodox Church excommunicates ........... [ theoniondome.com] Read , inwardly digest and enjoy
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I finally have stopped laughing and picked myself up off the floor after nearly choking on my Snickers Bar.
The Onion is great!
The Gold Medal: His Blissitude Met. COCOADOSIUS.
The Silver Medal: Archdeacon Peter-Paul Godiva.
The Bronze Medal: the fundraiser for the Cathedral.
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Snickers Bar? IS OUTRAGE! This is Cheesy Week, so you should be eating chocolate with marzipan!
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I'm just a simple Irish Republican gazing towards the East. What is Marzipan? And what am I supposed to be doing during the week of Cheesefare?
I know St. John Chrysostom gave a sermon in which he preached that Christians should abstain from Sin during the Great Fast. I didn't last very long with that abstention.
Its good that I have a Bible, a Rosary, and some Icons, and that EWTN has a library of Byzantine prayers.
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Somehow the combination of cheese, chocolate and marzipan just threw me in a tizzy. Yuck! Oh wait, you didn't mean we should eat all three together, did you? :rolleyes:
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I haven't tried it, but I suspect that a scrumptious recipe could be devised involving chocolate, marzipan and moscarpone!
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Originally posted by incognitus:
I haven't tried it, but I suspect that a scrumptious recipe could be devised involving chocolate, marzipan and moscarpone!
Incognitus But of course - I wonder about this - a casing of Marzipan containing Marscapone and then totally covered in Chocolate --mmmmmmm I think that would work - the marzipan would have to be very firm and its lid well sealed ... Better than those Cadburys Creme Eggs any day
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Marzipan is a confection made of ground almonds or almond paste, egg whites, and sugar, often molded into decorative shapes. Here is a brief history: History of Marzipan
The Egyptians, as early as 1800 B.C., are reported to have made marzipan from crushed almonds and honey; yet the mixing of the two very likely goes back to man's beginning. According to legend, marzipan was so valued
in the early Nile River villages, that it was used for trade as coins called Marchpans." Thus it spread throughout the human world. It was prized by the Emperors of Rome and became an important part of Italy's culinary heritage.
The Crusaders carried it back to their homeland and during the Dark Ages it was made by nuns in France. During the Renaissance, the Kings of France cherished this delicacy; baking it into small cookies called "Massepains."
The Spanish Armada brought it back from the East while the Conquistadors carried it on to South America. In Elizabethan England it was popular amount the elite and dubbed "Saint Marks Pain." On to India with the Moguls, the Swiss covered it in chocolate; the Danish fashioned pink pigs for good luck and the Germans used it to decorate their Christmas trees.
Marzipan is an important Christmas tradition in most countries; the most charming is the Danish Marzipan Party. Invited guests are given prepared marzipan to shape and decorate, then a prize goes to the best sculpture. The guests may take their works home and hang them on the tree till Christmas. This international confection was brought to America by travelers who have visited Europe or those who are close to their European heritage. Try some, it is lovely! Alice P.S. Incognitus: As you mentioned both chocolate and mascarpone, I thought of the yummy Italian desert called 'Tiramisu'. Have you tried it? 
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Alice, Can't answer for Incognitus - but oooooh yes - Tiramisu - yummy and particularly with alcoholic content Can't you tell we will be Fasting next week ?
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And for those of us who are allergic to all nutsi ncluding almonds, we will just have to settle for chocolate, real DARK chocolate! Ummmm, chocolate. In IC XC, Father Anthony+
Everyone baptized into Christ should pass progressively through all the stages of Christ's own life, for in baptism he receives the power so to progress, and through the commandments he can discover and learn how to accomplish such progression. - Saint Gregory of Sinai
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Originally posted by Father Anthony: And for those of us who are allergic to all nutsi ncluding almonds, we will just have to settle for chocolate, real DARK chocolate! Ummmm, chocolate.
In IC XC,
Father Anthony+ OH NO YOU DON'T I'm sure I remember in the depths of my memory a Marzipan type stuff that actually does not have nuts in it - now to go and try and find it . But - I agree about the really dark choccie - can't have too much of that
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Originally posted by John Patrick Poland:
I'm just a simple Irish Republican gazing towards the East. What is Marzipan?
JP Dear John Patrick, Do you see what a wonderful forum this is? You will learn far more here than just the ancient faith of the East! Regards, Alice
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St. Lindt, pray for us. 
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Dear Charles,
Are you invoking the prayers of the venerable Western Dessert Fathers again...St. Droste, St. Neuhaus, St. Toblerone, St. Lindt, St. Nestle, St. Leonidas, St. Godiva, St. Perugina, etc.....?!?!? :rolleyes:
Fondly,
Alice :p
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Dear Patrick you said:
"I'm just a simple Irish Republican gazing towards the East. What is Marzipan?"
I say:
Marzipan might be an acquired taste. I just love it, and that goes back to the time I was young when my Danish neighbor; 'Tanta Betty' would jump with joy when she came upon some marzipan.
I don't dare buy it though, because instead of molding it into forms, I would eat the whole thing right off. It's full of calories...darn!
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