[Sca-cooks] Hulwa? Related Sweets?

[Stefan li Rous]

Amra asked:
> Having been introduced to this confection today by HL Saqra al-Kudsi,
> in her
> kitchen as part of advanced preparation for Lindenwood Midsummer Masked
> Ball
> this year, I am looking for more information about the origins,
> variations,
> and related developments that may exist out there.  (For those who may
> be as
> new to this concept as I was, hulwa [hul-wah?] might be considered an
> ancestor or parallel development of divinity and similar boiled-sugar
> candies...)

There is info on Halwa and recipes in these two Florilegium files in 
the FOOD-SWEETS section:
candy-msg        (221K)  3/28/05    Period candy. Recipes. Candied 
fruit peels.
desserts-msg     (134K)  6/17/04    Medieval and SCA dessert recipes. 
Sweets.

Stefan
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