Making Baklava

[bertine]

On the phone at the grocery store:
Me: Mom, how many ounces in a pound?
Mom: Are you buying gold? If you are it is 12 to a troy pound.
Me: I am buying nuts.
Mom: Oh, then it is 16.

Leaving my parents after I grabbed a cinnamon stick:
Dad: What is baklava?
Me: It is nuts with spices in a pastry dough covered in syrup.
Dad: Could you make me some without the nuts?


I have never made baklava before. I think I put too much butter between the layers because I didn't have a pastry brush. Plus the nuts are pretty big. Oh well, it looks like it will be good regardless.

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[avecvu.livejournal.com]

Milo is constantly trying to make me eat food with nuts in it. Like this fruity nut-bread that is obviously his favorite food in the whole world or something, because he offers it at least once per visit. I am like, you are ridiculous, and if I were really allergic to nuts as I pretended to be on our first few dates then I would be convinced you were trying to kill me.