Nougat Day + Día del Turrón [Eng+Spa]

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It is the night of Tuesday, March 26. My day has had a couple of shocks, but it's nothing very serious. What I do want to share is that I received a message from a sister who lives in another country, that made my day. We had been worried about losing contact for several days. It's rare that we don't communicate by text, or voice, many times a week. Not knowing about her caused us concern, but today we breathe easier. In everything else, my #life has passed without major problems.

In truth, with how calm I try to take things, if I didn't add comments on #History Anniversaries, this daily record would be terribly short. Saying that, I am going to comment on a celebration, in the area of #food, and specifically #sweets, which has a marked relationship with the Hispanic heritage for my country. It is a dessert with medieval roots that is closely related to the Iberian Peninsula, and that has survived to the present in various locations, where it is still a characteristic product (with Designation of Origin). It's 'Nougat Day'.

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Es la noche del martes, 26 de marzo. Mi día ha tenido un par de sobresaltos, pero no es nada muy grave. Lo que si quiero compartir, es que me llegó un mensaje de una hermana que vive en otro país, eso me alegró el día. Habíamos estado preocupados por haber perdido el contacto durante varios días. Es raro que no nos comuniquemos por mensaje de texto, o de voz, varias veces en la semana. No saber de ella nos causaba inquietud, pero hoy respiramos más tranquilos. En todo lo demás, mi #vida ha transcurrido sin problemas mayores.

En verdad que con lo calmado que yo trato de llevar las cosas, si no agregara comentarios de Efemérides de la #Historia, este registro diario me quedaría terriblemente breve. Ya diciendo eso, voy a comentar sobre una celebración, del área de la #comida, y específicamente de los #dulces, que tiene una marcada relación con la herencia hispana para mi país. Se trata de un postre de raíces medievales que se relaciona mucho con la península ibérica, y que se ha mantenido hasta el presente en varias localidades, en las que aún es un producto característico (con Denominación de Origen). Es el ‘Día del Turrón’.

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I must begin by pointing out that I was surprised to see this celebration on today's list. I saw this same celebration approximately 5 months ago. Upon checking, if I found that there is another date for celebrating #Turron, it is November 7.

Reviewing a little more, it seems that the November date is a proposal promoted by the Jijona City Council (province of Alicante, Spain), in which they sought to submit a request to UNESCO to declare the date of November as an International celebration for this traditional sweet.

The choice of the month had to do with the time of year for the Almond harvest, since it was from the surplus of this harvest that the traditional Alicante recipe was made. That's something I make sense of. So, I don't understand how there is another date, and this time it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the harvest or the brewing tradition itself.

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Debo comenzar señalando que a mí me sorprendió ver esta celebración en el listado de hoy. Es que he visto esta misma celebración hace unos 5 meses, aproximadamente. Al revisar, si hallé que hay otra fecha de celebración del #Turron, es el 7 de noviembre.

Revisando un poco más, parece que la fecha de noviembre es una propuesta impulsada por el Ayuntamiento de Jijona (provincia de Alicante‎, España), en la que se buscó elevar una petición a la UNESCO para que se declarara la fecha de noviembre como celebración internacional para este dulce tradicional.

La escogencia del mes tenía que ver con la témpora del año para la cosecha de Almendra, pues era a partir del excedente de esta cosecha que se elaboraba la receta tradicional de Alicante. Eso es algo a lo que yo le encuentro sentido. Así que, no entiendo cómo es que hay otra fecha, y esta vez no parece tener relación con la cosecha o la tradición de elaboración en sí.

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The City Council's proposal, which I have commented on, had a website to gather support, but the site is offline (https://diamundialdelturron.com/). It was in operation until the end of 2023, luckily, we can consult it by using the Internet Archive cache service.

Thinking a little, this sweet has been present in Iberian cuisine since the 15th century, but there are references that it may be derived from a sweet that the Arabs prepared (from the Arabian Peninsula), and of which there are traces of its preparation since the 11th century. I suppose it was during the Islamic expansion throughout much of Europe that this recipe spread, like other things in culture.

With the time of the expulsion of the Moors, which I seem to remember was called La Reconquista, there were many things that were adjusted and changed to give them a new meaning, so the nougat recipe saw changes in its preparation. I read that before this date it was not common to use layers of wheat wafer to support the nougat dough, so it seems that that was one of the changes that was introduced. After that, it seems that the recipe has remained fairly stable over the centuries. Even though some recipes are currently prepared with variations, the original recipe is still in production, there are even current companies that have been producing it traditionally for more than 100 years.

Well, I think I've gone on a bit, so I'd better say goodbye. I hope you are well and that we can read again another time.

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La propuesta del Ayuntamiento, que he comentado, tenía un sitio web para reunir apoyo, pero el sitio está fuera de línea (https://diamundialdelturron.com/). Estuvo en funcionamiento hasta finales del 2023, por suerte, lo podemos consultar al usar el servicio de caché del Archivo de Internet.

Pensando un poco, este dulce tiene presencia en la cocina ibérica desde el siglo XV, pero se tienen referencias de que puede derivarse de un dulce que preparaban los árabes (de la Península Arábiga), y del que hay rastros de su elaboración desde el siglo XI. Supongo que fue durante la expansión islámica por buena parte de Europa que se propagó esta receta, al igual que otras cosas de la cultura.

Con la época de la expulsión de los moros, lo que creo recordar que se denominaba La Reconquista, hubo muchas cosas que se ajustaron y cambiaron para darles un nuevo significado, así que, la receta del turrón vio cambios en su elaboración. Leí que antes de esta fecha no era usual usar capas de oblea de trigo para darle soporte a la masa del turrón, así que parece que ese fue uno de los cambios que se introdujo. Luego de eso, parece que la receta se ha mantenido bastante estable con el paso de los siglos. Aun cuando actualmente se preparan algunas recetas con variaciones, la receta original sigue estando en producción, incluso hay empresas actuales que tienen más de 100 años produciéndola de manera tradicional.

Buenos, creo que me he extendido un poco, así que mejor me despido. Te deseo que tú estés bien y que nos podamos leer de nuevo en otra oportunidad.

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It's a reality in our lives. "Out of sight, out of mind"! We have ways to communicate but still, we fail to do it! Sometimes it becomes a month we don't exchange messages!! It happens to me too—my brother lives in America. We fail to say Hi to each other in messenger!

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I am happy to hear from her, she is my closest sister, and her situation there is not very comfortable, so not having news is not reassuring.

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Uno de mis pecados más queridos, como me gusta mucho. Pero es algo que está atesorado en mis recuerdos, es una lástima, pero la vida es así.

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Me gustaría comprar unos de estos en la próxima salida, incluso si es de la presentación pequeña, que es como del tamaño de un bocadillo de bolsillo. Aunque sea para refrescar la memoria gustativa :)

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