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Not getting as much done at work as I thought I might. I decided to buckle down and get some of these niggling administrative things done that I've been putting off, and who knew- that stuff starts to take a long time, and then, of course, is always interrupted by other phone calls emails and stuff. In a nutshell, I'm pretty busy at work but feel like I'm getting very little done. Dang.

During my moments of slack today, I decided that I never really knew exactly what the heck Turkish Delight is, and if it's really so delightful that it's worth selling out one's brothers and sisters for. Turns out that we *have* a box of it that appeared mysteriously at work. I can definitely say, in my opinion, that it's Not All That, and Edmund is decidedly a big dork. But, it is vegan.

Need to get going on the musics.

Don't wanna go to derby league meeting tonight.

Being in yoga again is good.

Comments

[thaadd.livejournal.com]

I tried to make turkish delight as a christmas gift to give out.

MY recipe would be vegan - don't know about in general. It was a liquid pectin based gel that was supposed to rolled in powdered sugar, but I might change to something a little less sweet (like coconut). First attempt failed, but I have not given up...

[gunn.livejournal.com]

As a turk, I'd like to say that fresh loküm is all that, and that it's easy enough to purchase a new sole or two.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

You're fresh.
Stay away from my soul, you and your vile pectin soaked nutmeats!

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

[gunn.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm..... pectin soaked nutmeats. I heart hazelnuts.

[gunn.livejournal.com]

Oh! You said "soul"! I thought we were talking shoes.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

That confused me, so I assumed it was a misspelling. Where am I talking about shoes?

[gunn.livejournal.com]

You weren't. I was being a smart ass.

[rgeorge.livejournal.com]

"Interestingly, while the confection is called Rahat in Romania, the word Rahat is also a slang term for excrement in that country. Lingering resentment for the Turkish rule may be the reason for this, but the origin of the slang use is unknown."

[dangerdhotrod.livejournal.com]

right after seeing the narnia movie i looked up recipes for turkish delight and it didn't look that hard, but it had some ingredients that i had never heard of.

we should make it sometime and then take turns selling each other out for some of it.