In message <[log in to unmask]>, JeanLouis Adant <jean-
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>Subject: Jean-Marie's "NOUGAT" recipe
>
>Hi Bee-Liners! Bonjour Jean-Marie!
>
>What a nice surprise! Although I live in Quebec, I was born in
>Belgium (Anderlues). Here we speak french for 84% of the 7 millions
>of us and many of us dont feel very canadian... but it is another
>story.
>
>I love NOUGAT (my teeth dont) and I am pretty sure there would be
>a big market for it here. It could sell in all North America...
>Maybe instead of trying to start beekeeping, I should start a
>NOUGAT business. I can buy all the honey I want from my neigbour
>beekeeper at 80 canadian cents a pound.
>
>What is the wholesale price of honey in Belgium? NOUGAT is made
>mostly in Montelimar, France. Where did you get the recipe from?
>They also have it in Xixona, Spain, it is called Turron, but it is
>a little different. Would you also have the turron recipe?
>
>What may be difficult to find are the "ostie" sheets. The french
>word ostie is used for what you receive in your mouth at the
>communion in the church (white bread that looks like paper). It
>prevent the nougat to stick to your fingers. Anybody knows what it
>is in english? Is it "unleavened bread" as in another recipe?
>
>Do you have bees? Where do you live? Too bad Internet cannot
>handles the french or spanish accents correctly.
>
>I made many friends thru Internet and I met some of them when they
>visit Montreal. We are not very far from our listserver in Albany.
>
>Jean-Louis near Montreal (Qc)
In Scotland we use Rice paper to keep fingers sticky-free.
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Allister C. Guy