Halvah ... can you freeze it?
Young
I got dinner. Problem is, it's only sold at that store in two bricks,
and no one needs to eat that much any time soon. I rewrapped each
in plastic and was hoping I could freeze at least one.
Thank you.
nancy
PENMART10
writes:
Halvah keeps quite well refrigerated for up to six months, I'd not freeze it.
Frozen halvah would probably separate like cheese. Of course personally I've
never had occasion to store halvah... hehe, I can polish off half a pound in
the car while driving home from the store... fortunately the store is only a
ten minute drive or it'd be like I never bought any to bring home.
Sheldon
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> In article <394FCF...@mail.monmouth.com>, Young <qwe...@mail.monmouth.com>
> writes:
>
> >I got a craving for it, can't imagine where, and picked some up when
> >I got dinner. Problem is, it's only sold at that store in two bricks,
> >and no one needs to eat that much any time soon. I rewrapped each
> >in plastic and was hoping I could freeze at least one.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >nancy
>
> Halvah keeps quite well refrigerated for up to six months, I'd not freeze it.
> Frozen halvah would probably separate like cheese. Of course personally I've
> never had occasion to store halvah... hehe, I can polish off half a pound in
> the car while driving home from the store... fortunately the store is only a
> ten minute drive or it'd be like I never bought any to bring home.
>
> Sheldon
(laugh) I think you're right. I double-wrapped the second stick, and
the one I sampled just isn't going to last very long, anyway.
Well, I manage to hide all kinds of things in the back of my
refrigerator, why not halvah.
nancy
quiltin' gal
>refrigerator, why not halvah.
in aluminum foil, and before putting it into the freezer labels it 'liver'?
;)
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Young
>
> >Well, I manage to hide all kinds of things in the back of my
> >refrigerator, why not halvah.
> You mean to say you just might be one of those people who wraps chocolate
> in aluminum foil, and before putting it into the freezer labels it 'liver'?
> ;)
>
> Eileen
(laughing) No one would believe it if I was pretending to store liver
in a place where food is kept. No, me ... I store stuff back there I
am no longer sure I know what it is and sure wouldn't try to eat.
nancy
PENMART10
writes:
>Well, I manage to hide all kinds of things in the back of my
>refrigerator, why not halvah.
>
>nancy
Oh, when you said "bricks" I thought you meant you bought loose halvah, hacked
off from one of those 10 pound oblong blocks - I was thinking you got a couple
pounds - those individually wrapped sticks can't weigh more than 3 ounces each;
one is barely enough to fill a cavity in a molar. I doubt you'll be saving
that second stick past tonight's 6 o'clock news. So, which flavors did you
get, vanilla, chocolate, marbled or chocolate coated? I like the marbled off
the big block best, the one loaded with piss-tachios; right about now I can
easily knock off a 1 pound chunk no problem... ferget the dish, all's I need is
the wax paper it's wrapped in and a small paring knife. I like to cut off
widdle bits one atta time in a sorta mosaic pattern, real careful-like so's as
little as possible crunbles and then use the tip of the knife to stab each
piece to pop in my mouth - don't need nuthin to drink for washing it down -
just keep going, alla time licking my lips and sucking all that sticky halvah
outta from betwixt my teeth and from up around my gums. When I'm done I don't
even wanna brush my teeth for at least two hours so's I can relish whatever
bits my tongue might excavate. Betcha now ya know more 'bout halvah eatin'
than you ever wanted to. So, didja get some of those Joyva chocolate covered
raspberry jelly rings to eat for dessert after the halvah... want me to esplain
how I can pop one into my mouth and carefully nibble all the chocolate off
before messing with the jelly, 'specially from around the hole? :::hehehe:::
Barry Grau
>Oh, when you said "bricks" I thought you meant you bought loose halvah, hacked
>off from one of those 10 pound oblong blocks - I was thinking you got a couple
This thread is making me very hungry for something I haven't eaten in around
25 years -- halvah, that is. Think I'll pick some up this evening. News at
ten.
Has anyone tried Macedonian halvah?
By the way, here's the OED etymology and definition of halvah:
Oxford English Dictionary - halva
Copyright Oxford University Press
halva 'hælv<e>, hal'va:, x-. Also halvah, halvas, halwa.
Etymology: ad. Turk. helva, mod. Gr. halvas, Arab. halwa hulwa.
A sweetmeat made of sesame flour and honey.
And "hulwa" points to this:
Oxford English Dictionary - hulwa
Copyright Oxford University Press
hulwa 'h(revv)lw<e>. Also 7 helwa, holway.
Etymology: a. Urdu and Arab. halwa sweetmeat.
A kind of sweetmeat in India, Persia, etc.; = halva. Cf. halawi.
According to the OED, The first English reference to halvah was in 1846: I.
F. Romer Pilgrimage II. ii. 33 - The vender of sweetmeats with a tempting
array of halva and `lumps of delight' set out upon a wooden tray borne upon
his head.
And hulwa first appeared in 1662: J. Davies tr. Olearius's Voy. Ambass. 311 -
At Tabris, they make a certain Conserve of it, which they call Helwa.
-bwg
-bwg
Young
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> In article <20000620211435...@nso-cp.aol.com>, penm...@aol.com (PENMART10) wrote:
> >Oh, when you said "bricks" I thought you meant you bought loose halvah, hacked
> >off from one of those 10 pound oblong blocks - I was thinking you got a couple
>
> This thread is making me very hungry for something I haven't eaten in around
> 25 years -- halvah, that is. Think I'll pick some up this evening. News at
> ten.
Why do you think I looked for it? Haven't had halvah in years, then
some sadist here mentioned it. They are sold in the same weight and
shape as stick butter ... 8 ounces total.
I looked for it in the deli section ... for some reason, I always used
to find it there, years ago. No luck, and I have the male 'don't ask
anyone, that would be too easy' gene. Oh, well.
So, I looked again next time I was in the supermarket. No luck.
Oh, well. I did the rest of my shopping and stopped over to the side
somewhere thinking ... what else was I planning to get? Something to
go with the pork chops. Something different. Maybe something I saw
on tv? What could it be? Why didn't I just write it on the list with
all the other stuff? Oh, well. My official motto, apparently.
That's when I realized I was looking right at the halvah. Hello! They
only had plain or chocolate covered. I don't like the chocolate
covered. Wish they had the marbled kind, but the plain was a okay with
me.
Then it hit me, what I had thought to pick up to go with the pork chops.
Jiffy corn bread mix. Calling All Cooks ... soul food. It's a vicious
cycle.
Oh, well.
nancy
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Young <qwe...@mail.monmouth.com> wrote:
>I got a craving for it, can't imagine where, and picked some up when
>I got dinner. Problem is, it's only sold at that store in two bricks,
>and no one needs to eat that much any time soon. I rewrapped each
>in plastic and was hoping I could freeze at least one.
>
>Thank you.
>
>nancy
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