"The Sticky History of Baklava" Topic

"Efkan Güllü's family has been in the business of baklava for more than five generations. The current owner of Güllüoglu Baklava—a famed bakery based in Gaziantep, Turkey, with dozens of branches around the world—Güllü is the latest in a long line of pastry chefs that began with his great-grandfather, who first learned to make the sweet, flaky desserts while stopping in the ancient cities of Aleppo and Damascus on his way back from the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage in 1871…"

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Armand

Thanks to you, Tango01, I'm now hungry with a strong craving for sweets!

Ha!…

Armand

I don't know what this has to do with miniatures, but I do love baklava, especially with Turkish coffee … I haven't even had dinner yet and you have me thinking about dessert.

I will note that baklava is not a good choice for a gaming snack because it is distractingly delicious and also makes your fingers sticky.

We make fakelava.

Take the regular innards and wrap them perogi style inside a flaky biscuit dough. It's not baklava, and it's not phyllo dough. But it's equally as tasty and not all over your hands when you eat one (or two, or …).

(smile)

Armand

Mmmmm … I love going to local Greek fests and getting all the different cookies and pastries.

After chowing down on Moussaka and Pastitsio …

And the Greek gals are nice to look at too …