If I have to eat one more sweetmeat I'll scream!

[Torm]

Mixing sugar and meat for a literal translation of the phrase strikes me as icky. Blech...

So no teriyaki for you then?

I agree if you're talking about putting straight sugar on. But sauces that have a high sugar content to create dishes like teriyaki, sweet and sour chicken, or honey chicken are very good, in my book. When done right, anyway.

 

[Shemeska]

So no teriyaki for you then?

I agree if you're talking about putting straight sugar on. But sauces that have a high sugar content to create dishes like teriyaki, sweet and sour chicken, or honey chicken are very good, in my book. When done right, anyway.

I'm a type I diabetic, obviously I have a reason for not liking them

 

[Torm]

I'm a type I diabetic, obviously I have a reason for not liking them

Now see, ya didn't say all that. (Not in this thread anyway - now that you mention it, I think I HAVE seen you say that before. Sorry.)

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Mixing sugar and meat for a literal translation of the phrase strikes me as icky. Blech...

AMEN!

 

[Pielorinho]

Mmmmm, Turkish delight....

There's a great Mediterranean restaurant in my town (where we had our rehearsal dinner, actually) that serves Turkish delight. It's really good. And their Turkish coffee, rich and thick, is really good. But together, some sort of mystical alchemical magic happens, and they're incredibly divine. I gotta go back there soon.

Daniel

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

First time I heard about them was when I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as a wee little nipper. I have always wanted to try sweetmeats and Turkish Delight - not make it a regular part of my diet, mind you, but just try it. But then I also want to try Haggis some day...

According to http://www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com/index.html:

Sweet-Meat, sweetmeats
The term "sweetmeat" encompassed almost any sweetened food item, including fruits, candied fruits and conserves, sugared nuts, sugar candies, cakes, pies, tarts, leaches, and sugar paste molded into fancy shapes. Ingredients like ginger, nutmeg, cloves, aniseed, coriander, almond, saffron, rose water, and sack (sherry) were often used as flavorers for sweetmeats. Vanilla and coffee flavors were unavailable in England before the Renaissance Era.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Mmmmm, Turkish delight....

... on a moonlit night!

 

[Krieg]

First time I heard about them was when I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as a wee little nipper.

I was hoping somebody would pick up that reference.

 

[Conaill]

According to http://www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com/index.html:

Sweet-Meat, sweetmeats
The term "sweetmeat" encompassed almost any sweetened food item, including fruits, candied fruits and conserves, sugared nuts, sugar candies, cakes, pies, tarts, leaches, and sugar paste molded into fancy shapes. Ingredients like ginger, nutmeg, cloves, aniseed, coriander, almond, saffron, rose water, and sack (sherry) were often used as flavorers for sweetmeats. Vanilla and coffee flavors were unavailable in England before the Renaissance Era.

Waitaminite...

"sugar candies, cakes, pies, tarts, ... leaches" !!?


As for meat with sugar... Bastilla is a traditional Maroccan dish consisting of a chicken filling in a phyllo crust, topped with cinnamon and powdered sugar. Yum!