UN: SevenVoyages

[conquerorofwaves]

Hey guys, mom send over some snacks, and honestly? It's waaaaay too much for me to eat before it'd go bad, so gonna share the bounty.

So who likes baklava or maamoul?

Comments

un: headphonehero

[missleading]

I do!!




What's a baklava?

[conquerorofwaves]

It's so good, if you get 'em from the bakery or make it yourself. It's these thin layers of dough, nuts, and held together with honey as it's baked - Mom's version adds some cinnamon and cloves to the mix.

Every country in the middle east will claim they originally made it, it's that good.

UN: tealeaf22

[bolderfell]

They'll claim it, but everyone knows it's from Istanbul.

[Because Therion's not biased.]

[conquerorofwaves]

Ha!

See what I mean? Honestly, can't say where my family will claim it's from - Mom does it Armenian style, sometimes adding Rosewater Iranian-style if the stuff's not too much.

[missleading]

That kind of sounds like a dessert croissant but with extra stuff inside
It sounds really good!
How hard is it to make?

[conquerorofwaves]

you're better off buying the phyllo dough than trying to make it unless you really wanna get good at it - homemade's better, but phyllo's a bitch to work with.

the dough's paper-thin and you gotta layer it, so they tear easily if you're not careful.

otherwise, it's actually not too hard to make

un: Galanthusnivalis

[buddinghopes]

I've never gotten to try either before, but I'd like to!

[conquerorofwaves]

All right! No allergies or anything, right?

[buddinghopes]

None whatsoever!

[conquerorofwaves]

Okay! You'll find me easily enough, I'm the only guy on campus with violet hair - and dressed like it's Shackleton's expedition!

un: likesflowers

[alreadyhuman]

i dont know what those are!!

but i want to („• ֊ •„) is it really okay??

[conquerorofwaves]

Baklava is a lot of layers of dough and nuts stuck together with syrup or honey and baked, there's a lot of different variations and are so good, while Maamoul is a cookie filled with dates, some kind of nut, and sometimes figs, they're both really good - Maamoul is especially good with hot chocolate!

And I wouldn't offer if it wasn't okay!

[seasonsofdeath]

What are those?

[conquerorofwaves]

They're snacks that's common where I came from and are really, really good.

[seasonsofdeath]

What are they like?

[conquerorofwaves]

They're both nutty snacks, one is layers and layers of thin crispy dough rolled around nuts and glued together with honey, and the other's a cookie stuffed with nuts and fruit - which is really good with coffee or hot chocolate

[lifeforced]

I haven't had either of those before and I am 1000% down for trying new stuff.

[conquerorofwaves]

They're good, no allergies to nuts, right?

[lifeforced]

Nope! It's basically impossible for me to have any allergies, actually!

[adjectiveprince]

I would kill a man for some good baklava. It's hard to get in the underworld, you know.

[conquerorofwaves]

Well you're in luck then! I still have some left.

UN: GreenDolphin

[strings_theory]

What the fuck are those?

I swear, the longer I'm here the more new shit I find out about.

Re: UN: GreenDolphin

[conquerorofwaves]

They're snacks and really good. The first's layers of baked dough with nuts and honey, the second's a cookie stuffed with dates, nuts, and figs.

[strings_theory]

... Why would you stuff a cookie with dates and figs? Nuts sound fine, by why ruin something with fruit? [Not that she has any room to talk.]

[conquerorofwaves]

It tastes way better than it sounds. You're probably thinking fig netwons, right? Forget those, these are way better!