[HPFGU-OTChatter] Al's Turkish Delight Recipe

[John Walton]

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>> 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?

US equivalent is "superfine". I know that Domino make superfine sugar.

>> 1 ounce leaf gelatin
> 
> Can anyone translate "leaf gelatin" into American food speak?  Is this
> plain gelatin like the stuff Knox markets?

Yes, it is plain gelatine, but in sheets not blocks.
 
>> Carmine
> 
> Carmine = food coloring?  I read the directions and it sounds like it.

::shrug:: this I've never encountered

> Does icing sugar = powdered sugar?

Yes.
 
> 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.

Not that I'm averse to handling raw meat (::listens to list groans::) but I
might try this at some point. Or I might go to the decent sweetshop down the
road. :D

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