On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:22:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> 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.
>
I find I can eat a lot more sweets than my husband, because I've never
been a borderline diabetic. I imagine that your pancreas has
something to do with tolerating sweets too. In any case, sweets have
never made me feel physically bad - I just don't care for them....
probably because I'm a female and my weight would suffer if I indulged
too much.


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