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Ashta is a form of Clotted cream made by skimming boiling milk. It is used in many Lebanese sweets, especially nuraset or ladies arms and Rose of Damascus.
Ashura refers to Albanian special pudding made of cracked wheat, sugar, dried fruit, crushed nuts, and cinnamon prepared and eaten by the members of the Islamic Bektashi sect to mark the end of the ten-day fasting period of Matem.
Matem falls on the first ten days of the month of Muharrem and commemorates the battle of Kerbela in the present-day Iraq in 680 A.D. in which Imam Husein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, was killed. It is a period of fasting or at least of abstinences from drink in memory of Husein and his troops who were encircled by the enemy and left without water before their death.
Ashure refers to a Turkish pudding made from cereals, dried and fresh fruits, nuts, sugar, and spices.
Ashure is also referred to as "Noah's Pudding".
Askolymbri refers to the crunchy roots of the common golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus, or Spanish oyster thistle). In Crete, Greece, Askolymbri leaves and roots is steamed and made into a salad. It can also be braised with meat. Picked Askolymbri is also sometimes available and can be served as a side dish or meze with Raki, the local strong, alcoholic beverage of Crete.
Askolymbri is one of the rare specialty/delicacy of Crete.
Askolymbriis also known as Askolimbous or Skolimbi.