Thread 21457549

greekbros
i kneel

>>21457549 (OP)
I really hate this shit

its good when mom makes it seems pretty bad otherwise

I ate it once
the bitterness was a bit annoying

>>21457570
It's probably not Greek. See how it's pistachio and not walnut?

Like another anon stated, it's good when it very fresh from the oven, and crisp. It's good all soaked up and nice, but just not the "best"

>>21457589
This is a bait thread. OP just wants comments about Lebanon.

>>21457555
Why

I can see pistachio filling so it's probably a Dubai dish.

>>21457549 (OP)
I feel like baklava should be way more expensive than it is considering the effort to make it, and I feel blessed to have been able to try some in my lifetime as a poor american peasant zogslave who will never own a home.

>>21457549 (OP)
Whenever I've had baklava before, I usually dislike the sugar syrup glaze they pour on top. To me, like, the nut portion is already sweetened enough. Otherwise, I'd imagine I'd enjoy it similarly to a French flakey pastry with any sweetened filling.

is this balaclava

>>21457549 (OP)
so overrated

Has a Japanese person eaten this? If so, Korea invented it.

>>21458217
Pour some cream on it to mellow it out.

>>21458278
Sour weeb, bitter weeb or salty weeb? Orrr UMAMI weeb?

>>21458316
*weeab
Lurk moar, newfag.

>>21457549 (OP)
Texture looks perfect for cramming

Why kneel to Hellenic thieves? It's not Greek.

>>21458317
Nope

>>21458654
>Why kneel to Hellenic thieves? It's not Greek.
Its all either ancient Greek or medieval Greek.

Mongols did not have much in terms of cuisine.

>>21457589
its ancient greek, called plakous (πλακοῦς).

>>21457589
Yes in Greece they make it walnut but that's also good.

It's flake pastry plus nuts, oil, and sweet syrup. It's going to be good no matter who makes it.
I like these little things. There's some big Syrian bakery that makes pretty much all of the decent baklava in the country.

>>21458947
>spinach baklawa
yummy

>>21457624
Who’s Leb Anon? Is he a tripfag or someting

>>21458217
You mean honey right.
That’s what they’re putting on it anon

>>21457549 (OP)
Dolmades are the best Greek snack, fuckin fite me

>>21457549 (OP)
Now I've gone and cut off my legs for no good reason.

>>21460349
I like this

>>21460353
>fite me
Whoops Ms Reddit, you've stumbled far from home

Homemade baclava is good tier but fuck making it, what a pain in the ass.

>>21460509
Skill issue

>>21457549 (OP)
Syrian*

>>21458866
It's Arab or Ottoman, one of the two. If it were Greek, it would have a Greek name but it doesn't so it ain't.

>>21458047
Not him but I hate it because its super sweet and dry and shitty

>>21457584
How the fuck was there bitterness?

>>21460858
the pistachios?

>>21460871
How the FUCK

>>21460874
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astringent
the skin beneat the hard shells are designed to stop animals from eating it by tasting bad, like tannins in wine

>>21460846
Why I hate it for being super sweet, it shouldn't be dry. I don't like it even when properly made so I can't imagine how awful it must be if you've only had dry ones. The only variety I didn't completely fucking despise is this one my former cleaning lady, an Algerian, made. It was made of almond, which I don't usually care for very much and prefer pistachio for eating out of hand but something about how she made it just worked out better than any pistachio baklawa I've had.

>>21457549 (OP)
pasteli is a nicer greek candy

>>21457549 (OP)
painfully mid for what seems to be pretty labor intensive in making

for me, it's the balaclava

>>21457549 (OP)
baklava is Turkish

>>21457589
i think it should have walnut AND pistachio

>>21458981
Spanakopita*

>>21457589
>it's good
'nuff said
>just not the "best"
oh... I see,
you were doing a "thing"

>>21457549 (OP)
so overrated
tastelet shit

>>21460387
This constant mentioning of reddit on this website is far cringier than anything that may be on that website. Just so you realize that.

You have become the cringe you're trying to point out in others.

I really want some baklava

>>21462609
>fite me
Desperation: the post

>>21457549 (OP)
Turkish/Levantine baklava is better

I live in Greece and was never a fan of that shit.But yeah,spanakopita is good tier,being on a diet here is nightmare mode when you can eat like an absolute pig with 10 euros

>>21465135
I'd be so deathly thin in Greece and the rest of the Eastern Med (also North Africa) because all the food is utterly dreadful. I would rue mealtimes.
Truly awful cuisine.

I love making baklava, and Chef John's recipe with a dash of orange blossom water is excellent.

>>21460352
No its not. Its a syrup. Same shit we drizzle on palacinke.

>>21465908
>palacinke
Hmmm...

>>21465376
aha,where are you from?

Baklava is god tier

>>21466816
Greek-speaking Italy lmao

>>21467037
>Greek-speaking Italy
Yes, the greek-speaking parts are excellent

>>21467173
It's dying out. I'm literally the only one in my family of my generation who has even a passing knowledge of Griko. My older brothers and sister can understand it, but can't really speak any.