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Varieties of nougat are found in Milky Way, Reese's Fast Break, Snickers, [11] Double Decker, Zero, and Baby Ruth bars. "Fluffy nougat" is the featured ingredient in the 3 Musketeers bar. [12] [13] In Britain, nougat is traditionally made in the style of the southern European varieties, and is commonly found at fairgrounds and seaside resorts.
In the 1985 American romantic drama film Perfect, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, Curtis's character's mother talks about making the world's best divinity, offering some to Travolta. In the 2006 film Charlotte's Web , the town pastor offers the Arables divinities when they come to him about Charlotte's first "miraculous" web writing.
Turkish delight holds deep cultural significance in Greece, Turkey, Iran, and across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. It symbolizes hospitality, generosity, and celebration. In Turkey, lokum is a staple during festive occasions such as weddings, where it symbolizes sweetness and prosperity in the couples' life together. [ 34 ]
Gaz (Persian: گز) is an Iranian nougat that originated in the Isfahan region. [2] It is widely known as Persian Nougat in American and European countries. [3] It is made from pistachio, almond kernels, rose-water, egg whites and sap from Persian manna. [4] [5]
Mantecado is a name for a variety of Spanish shortbreads that includes the polvorón.The names are often synonymous, but not all mantecados are polvorones.The name mantecado comes from manteca (), usually the fat of Iberian pig (cerdo ibérico), with which they are made, while the name polvorón is based on the fact that these cakes crumble easily into a kind of dust in the hand or the mouth.
Eastern white pine, a cultural keystone species for the Kitcisakik Algonquin community. The white pine (Pinus strobus L.), found across northeastern North America, is a cultural keystone species for the Kitcisakik Algonquin community in Quebec. The tree is prevalent in legends and myths that are central to the culture, history, and identity of ...
The complex relationship of language and culture is significant in giving culturemes their intended value. Dictionaries further complicate cross-cultural gaps of meaning because without the collaborative effort of all cultures, it is impossible to define the significance of words that may be culturemes in the dictionary.
Fred Raymond (1900–1954) composed in 1938 an operetta called Saison in Salzburg - Salzburger Nockerln (Season in Salzburg - Salzburger Nockerln). In this composition the sweet dumplings are praised as “ Süß wie die Liebe und zart wie ein Kuss ” (meaning Sweet as love and tender as a kiss in German).