Wrong answer on The Chase

Could have been a trick question, are you sure it wasn't "what kind of nut is in the centre of a Ferrero Raffaello".

Or what kind of nut drives a Ferrari?

mandela effext?

Good point make my hay, just looked em up. I was only half listening tbf.

Wouldnt make any difference!!  An almond is not a nut. Its a drupe

Well it was an easy mistake to make saddo,   I shall not be taking matters any further.

Apparently, the 'l' in almond is silent. As it is in salmon. Who knew that?

I read that only a few days ago in the good old Daily Mail.

Quite right. Why do people say AL MOND? They wouldn't say SAL MON......

They are not quite the same imo, the L in almond is rather pronounced as R (armond), it is silent in salmon.

I didn't know that.

I eat enough of them, I should learn the correct pronunciation.

I fill croissant with almond paste and jam, bakewell style.

Ooh, yummy!

I have never pronounced the L in almond.  My wife has taken the mick for 20 years.

If you care to google it there is even a you-tube video about it.  And I am right!

That sounds like a fiendish cryptic crossword clue saddo. Have you got any letters?

Indeed it does.  It sounds an excellent 'recipe' though.  Will have to get some almond paste.

Ingredients[edit]
The chocolate consists of a whole roasted hazelnut encased in a thin wafer shell filled with hazelnut chocolate and covered in milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts.[4] Its ingredients are milk chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skim milk powder, butteroil, lecithin as emulsifier (soy), vanillin (artificial flavor), hazelnuts, palm oil, wheat flour, whey (milk), lowfat cocoa powder, sodium bicarbonate (leavening agent), and salt.[5]

Source: Wikipedia

I remember there was this show called "million pound drop" on channel four a few years back, presented by Davina. Load of rubbish it was. Anyway on one of the shows there was some question like, which of these chefs was in tv first? and the possible were Jamie oliver, Marco pierre white and nigella Lawson.

anyway I think the answer wasn't marco pierre white as according to them his first appearance was on hells kitchen. Anyway I emailed the production company and pointed out he was some little known shown that had been filmed for thames television (that you can find on youtube.) anyway they weren't having it and came up with some excuse.

the upshot of this entire story is that I really need to get a life

Saddo, almond paste ??   you mean marzipan ?

You can make your own with marzipan, soften in a cup in microwave, and thin with a little water or milk

sounds marvellous. I love almonds - whole, toasted, ground, etc. Never had almond paste. Where do you buy that?

Wants to be like peanut butter consistency, it will thin a little more in the oven. Nice with those dark chocolate sticks they use in pain au chocolate, also.

Isn't 'neat' marzipan a bit strong tasting?

They do put almond paste in croissants and it does seem to taste different from marzipan.

It's not as strong when it's spreadable and the jam or bitter chocolate takes the edge off, but I really do like marzipan. You can thin it further and bulk it back up with flour I suppose, but you might need a binder. Seems lot of messing and you might as well make a frangipane from scratch. Tesco do wonderful almond croissant, tho rather expensive. Slice one of them open and apply jam before heating in the oven.

Marzipan and Almond Paste
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http://www.thekitchn.com/almond-paste-and-marzipan-what-46772

I can't find any almond paste on the Tesco website.

I found their almond croissants. I might but some of those with a pot of jam

If I turn into a lard @rse I will blame Saddo