By now I had plans to be caught up on the Ultimate Blog Challenge but here we are going into a new week. As you can see I’m posting for the Ultimate Blog Challenge: January 11th, 2025. This means I ‘m still 2 days behind but you know what I will catch up today LORD willing. It’s Monday and I want to finish the first month of January strong and to do that I must finish this challenge. I can’t expect Charlie to grow his business and complete his daily task if I don’t do the same things. If you will excuse me I need to go take out Hamburger…

National Marzipan is one of the sweetest days of the year, which falls on January 12th. Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of Sugar or Honey and ground Almonds, sometimes augmented with Almond Oil or Extract. Marzipan is so special that the Persians and Italians claim the credit for its invention. Marzipan might be a hard name to remember, but its taste is guaranteed to leave you wanting more. Marzipan is a light and tasty confection that uses ground Almonds, Sugar or Honey, and some binding agents like Corn Syrup to give Marzipan a flexible texture. Marzipan is commonly filled with Chocolate, turned into Fruit and Vegetable imitations, or converted…