Marzipan is a terrible thing to do to delicious almonds

[cosmolinguist]

I think this is the fourth year that D and I have made Christmas dinner together, and it's always so fun and good and fancy enough to feel special without being stressful, I love it. I love him.

This year we had * a turkey crown with stuffing already in it * a small piece of pork * roasted sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnips * scalloped corn (my Minnesota contribution! Christmas celebrations at home always include it so I make it for my British family because they like it too) * Brussels sprouts fried with veggie bacon and chestnuts

Then for dessert, Christmas pudding (which I still am not tempted by but which actually smelled nice this time, a first for me!), apple strudel and/or maple nut roulade (which I like the taste of but meringue continues to be Not A Food for me). With custard or cream.

I didn't have any of that (I continue to be wary of British Christmas desserts and repeatedly asked D warily "does that have marzipan in it??") but I did make myself a hot chocolate with chocolate rum in it.

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Marzipan's only virtue

[jesse_the_k]

...is that it can be fashioned and colored to look like anything -- the first sushi I ever saw was in a marzipan collection.

Growing up our nutty treat was halvah -- toasted sesame seeds plus sugar syrup plus flavorings (pistachio, chocolate and such).

Splashed out on some organic double chocolate halva for my own pleasure and oh my goodness it was as creamy and rich as the pots-de-crème I can no longer eat.

Hot chocolate plus rum sounds delicious.