The Sin of Gluttony

[howeird]

"In youth we run into difficulties.
In old age difficulties run into us"
-Beverly Sills

Type II Diabetes is a disease of contradictions. There are no immediate symptoms, blood sugar levels don't get high enough (as they do in Type I). It can take decades for any symptoms to show. Even though there is no immediate ill effect for me to consume high calorie food, I'll pay for it eventually. Knowing this, I sometimes make the choice to enjoy now, pay later. I made that choice earlier this week when a series of unfortunate events caused a spike in my craving for halvah. Unable to find my favorite flavor in the mass market grocery stores, and noting the "use by" dates in the local Arab market were last century, I went online and found halvah.biz. I ordered what should be a year's supply, which I expect to be delivered Monday.

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Comments

[nolly.livejournal.com]

A woman I used to work with brought in something like unto halvah, but made from sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds. IIRC, she still called it halvah; I don't know if that's correct, or if has another name. Regardless, that was my introduction to the stuf, and I prefer it to the sesame-based variety. Alas, I have not been able to find it myself.

[howeird]

I'd never heard of sunflower seed halvah, but it makes sense. It probably wouldn't be quite the same texture, but both are seeds high in oil. Poking around the web, it seems this is the Eastern European stepchild of real halvah. I found one site selling it which wasn't in cyrillic: http://parthenonfoods.com/sunflower-seed-halva-450g-p-609.html?manufacturers_id=185