Pinches and pitchers of sweet gourmet treats and confection platters from West Coast Midnight Run

and ornamental pistachios cut and sliced on the baking sheet with the proverbial Lily of France (Fleur de Lis) clover leaf geometric representation but it is not quite the neatly trimmed gardens of The Louvres. How can you suffer the burden or guilty conscience of these delights without carrying around all the extra kilos all year?

We would also recommend patience with anyone not familiar with the treat that hails from lands fluent in Klingonese as they may misunderstand or mishear Baclava as Bat’leth - the Klingon favorite device for separating head from shoulders. Amazingly Star Trek cultural lingo has made inroads to the battle-hardened streets of Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland.

Now for getting away with a basket worth of these treats while cutting down on the curves and turns around your compass and bearing, snap up from the supermarket these ingredients or as close to them as humanly possible.