Deck the halls with gobs of honey
Dec. 19th, 2004 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beetigerI was in our local upscale-grocery-that-does-it-own-baking today, and in with the cookies and cakes was a treat I associate with the Jewish New Year -- taiglach. Not marked as that, of course -- it was marked "Honey Balls" and had colored sprinkles on it instead of walnut halves, but it was clearly the tall pile of little doughballs stuck together with honey that I know and love. It's an Italian Jewish holiday confection, as far as I know, but I guess there's no reason it couldn't be stolen out as a Christmas tradition. Or maybe the Jews stole it from their Catholic brethren, I don't know. I love it. Loooove. So of course I bought one.
It was...okay. Obviously, they used corn syrup and honey instead of just honey, and they used a delicate light honey instead of the dark buckwheat honey I like in it. But I'm still very amused that they had it, and I'll probably eat it all anyway.
It was...okay. Obviously, they used corn syrup and honey instead of just honey, and they used a delicate light honey instead of the dark buckwheat honey I like in it. But I'm still very amused that they had it, and I'll probably eat it all anyway.
