[HPFGU-OTChatter] Al's Turkish Delight Recipe

[Catherine Keegan]

At 01:31 AM 1/30/02 +0000, Dracos' boyfriend aka Al sent an interesting recipe:
The confused American has to ask:
>     1 lb castor sugar

Is this the same thing as the sugar we get in a sack or a bag at the 
market?  It's just labeled "sugar".  Is this a superfine variety?  It's not 
the nasty powdered stuff, is it?

>     1 ounce leaf gelatin

Can anyone translate "leaf gelatin" into American food speak?  Is this 
plain gelatin like the stuff Knox markets?

>     Carmine

Carmine = food coloring?  I read the directions and it sounds like it.

Does icing sugar = powdered sugar?

I'd like to give this a try.  I would never admit it, but I like 
cooking.  Well, I like making non nutritious stuff like this.  "Real" 
cooking around here involves handling raw meat.  Ick.

Catherine in California