Legend
The marzipan of the Town Hall Pharmacy
The Town Hall Pharmacy in Tallinn has been working since at least 1422, one of the oldest in Europe. A popular story says that a young apprentice was asked to make a medicine for a sick councillor. Not knowing what to do, he ground almonds with sugar, and the patient recovered. The new remedy was called 'Martin's bread', Martini panis, after the apprentice, and so, the story goes, marzipan was born. Many cities claim the invention, but in Tallinn it was sold as medicine.
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Eesti keeles
Tallinna Raeapteek on töötanud vähemalt aastast 1422 ja on üks Euroopa vanimaid apteeke. Rahvalugu räägib, et üks noor õpipoiss pidi valmistama rohtu haigele raehärrale. Teadmata, mida teha, jahvatas ta mandleid suhkruga ja haige paranes. Uut ravimit hakati õpipoisi järgi kutsuma Martini leivaks, Martini panis, ja nii sündis loo järgi martsipan. Leiutamist omistavad endale paljud linnad, aga Tallinnas müüdi seda ravimina.
Source: A Tallinn legend of the Raeapteek.