Hi All/Andy
 
Andy, when you posted this recipe last year, or a very similar one I
basically went home and thought - why not try it in the microwave
(Lazy I know, but in making any sugar type treat it is easier to use
the microwave as burning is harder)
 
My modification is as follows:
 
Take one and a half cups of honey and mix sesame seeds into it until
the mixture is stiff.
 
Place in a microwave in a glass jug that is quite tall. Set on medium
low (900w machine that I use - may need to experiment) and watch
carefully. When it foams up be careful not to let it boil over. I
gave it ten minutes of this treatment.
 
At the end I let it cool until it started hardenind and then rolled
teaspoonfulls of this goo between my hands and rolled the resulting
balls in poppy seeds.
 
The result is a nice very morish toffy chewy thing. It is highly
hygroscopi (draws moisture). A way round this is to collect all the
little sachets from vitamin bottles and pain killers etc and bake
them in the oven and store your sweets in a tub with these in it in a
cup. (keeps the moisture away).
 
I however eat them very fast and that is that sorted out.
 
Keep well
 
Garth
Garth Cambray           Camdini Apiaries
15 Park Road
Grahamstown             Apis mellifera capensis
6139
South Africa
 
Time = Honey
 
If you are not living on the edge you are taking up too much space!!