On 2014-04-05 12:45 PM, sf wrote:

> I've done a "not quite" baklava a couple of times. I combined two
> recipes on the box of phyllo, so it was a baklava filling rolled cigar
> style. Super good, but we don't eat a lot of sweets and that was a
> LOT of sweets.
>

Yeah. It is sweet for people who like sweets. I can't imagine anyone
who doesn't eat sweets enjoying it. From my experience, every place that
makes baklava does it differently. By the time you get past the richness
of the butter slathered between each layer and all that syrup poured
over it, whatever you used for a filling is pretty well drowned out by
the rich sweetness.

I did not eat Baklava for a long time because of the problem I used to
have when I ate nuts. Since I got my gall bladder out there are all
sorts of foods that I can eat again. I have even had a few things with
nuts without suffering. It may be time to try baklava again, though I
would rather have the custard version.... Galaktobourika.

The last time I made Baklava my son said it made him sick. No wonder. He
ate about half of the batch I had made. I would have been suffering
with a lot less that that. One small piece goes a long way.