Baklava - WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[Cerro de Casa]

Mais non! Been on the aloe vera water all day I promise.

 

[lolly]

Did he just give you baklava or did you get any cock or ass as well LOLLS? @lolly ????

Trust me to bring the tone down

I am a PROFESSIONAL!

 

[Dark Carnival]

Which brings us to the other slightly similar and equally delicious dessert ”kunafa”:

This is NOT kunafa

 

[Dark Carnival]

I don’t think baklava contains any honey at all, just syrup.

Correct answer. However, in the Maghreb they put honey in their version which is obviously NOT baklava

 

[Cerro de Casa]

This is NOT kunafa

Err, yes it is
There are lots of variations. This is the 'rough' type as opposed to the 'smooth' variety
The synthetic orangey looking stuff isn't always the best hun

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Here's one I made earlier

 

[Dark Carnival]

I’m not a DESSERT queen in general so I’m fine with having some baklava once in a while. However, people who voted ‘TERRIBLE’ are just racist.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

And non I'm not a kunafa fiend, sorry not sorry.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Here's one I made earlier

THIS is kunafa!

 

[Cerro de Casa]

I’m not a DESERT queen in general so I’m fine with having some baklava once in a while. However, people who voted ‘TERRIBLE’ are just racist.

When it comes to dessert I'm not a Levantine queen
I'm all about cakes and pastries! SORRY HUNS.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

THIS is kunafa!

Trust RS to post some kind of posh version

@RaspberrySwirl get your kunafa ass in here

 

[Dark Carnival]

Trust RS to post some kind of posh version

@RaspberrySwirl get your kunafa ass in here

NO! RS posted عثمليه

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I am a PROFESSIONAL!

Not a denial. Just saying.

 

[Dark Carnival]

God, you rubbish Middle Eastern queens!

 

[Rita]

No thanks sweetheart. I’M SWEET ENOUGH.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

NO! RS posted عثمليه

OMG you're actually right!!!

Give it up for @Dark Carnival the original dessert queen

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Not a denial. Just saying.

Yeah I noticed

 

[Dark Carnival]

OMG you're actually right!!!

Give it up for @Dark Carnival the original dessert queen

And I’m not even THAT big on dessert! I just KNOW my origins better

 

[Eddie]

I find Middle Eastern and Asian desserts to be lacking in variety and subtlety. And they are often TOO sweet.

It's not by chance that western Europe (primarily France) has cornered that particular market.

 

[Eddie]

Sorry, NOT SORRY.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Trust RS to post some kind of posh version

@RaspberrySwirl get your kunafa ass in here

This is the kind of kunafa Iraqi women in Sweden do at home. We don’t eat that sleazy orange one that Egyptians and Palestinians eat (although I admit they looks delicious).

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

And Europeans who say baklava tastes too sweet have obviously never tried زلابية.

 

[Eddie]

And Europeans who say baklava tastes too sweet have obviously never tried زلابية.

That's basically jalebi.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

That's basically jalebi.

Yes I think it’s the same.

 

[lolly]

How is it different from funnel cake?

 

[Eddie]

Yes I think it’s the same.

It's nice with ice cream!

 

[lolly]

How is it different from funnel cake?

Oh, interesting

The concept of the funnel cake dates back to the early medieval Persian and Arab world as Zalabiyeh, where similar yeast-risen dishes were first prepared, and later spread to Europe.[3] Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants brought the yeast dish, known as Drechderkuche, to America, and around 1879, they developed the baking powder version along with its new name, funnel cake.[3]

 

[Eddie]

Oh, interesting

The concept of the funnel cake dates back to the early medieval Persian and Arab world as Zalabiyeh, where similar yeast-risen dishes were first prepared, and later spread to Europe.[3] Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants brought the yeast dish, known as Drechderkuche, to America, and around 1879, they developed the baking powder version along with its new name, funnel cake.[3]

This is normally soaked in a saffron flavoured syrup

 

[Eddie]

Also no raising agent is used.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

We do it without saffron.

 

[lolly]

Are they chewy?

 

[Eddie]

Very.

 

[Eddie]

Actually they are crispy and chewy.

 

[Saltwater]

And Europeans who say baklava tastes too sweet...

I think anyone who finds baklava too sweet needs to taste it with some kaymaki icecream on the side.
Good sister Beverley mentioned it earlier, the sense is orgasmic.

 

[Dark Carnival]

And Europeans who say baklava tastes too sweet have obviously never tried زلابية.

OMG ZLABIYA!! My arteries just got CLOGGED

 

[Dark Carnival]

And Europeans who say baklava tastes too sweet have obviously never tried زلابية.

That’s definitely the Iraqi version In Lebanon they’re partly RED (and called mshabbak)

 

[rhythmbandit]

LOVE IT. I never return from a trip to Turkey without several boxes.

 

[Eddie]

That’s definitely the Iraqi version In Lebanon they’re partly RED (and called mshabbak)

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And the Indian version called Jalebi:

 

[Beverley]

They basically have the same origins

 

[Phoenix]

Syrian Meshabek ftw