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With a lot of Middle Eastern foods, you simply can't judge it based on looks.
Lembas... wait... I mean, halva is flaky, nutty, and sweet.
It's great eaten with bread (flatbread or pita, usually), or thinly sliced and enjoyed by itself.
That's the hard, cake-like sesame variety.
The other major variety (at least in Persian circles) is more pudding-like. It's dark, because the main ingredient is toasted flour. It's soft, sweet, kind of like a pudding, but not as smooth (as American pudding, at least). There's a certain granularity to the texture (like fine oatmeal), but not at all gritty or unpleasant.
It's so delightful (the "pudding" wheat-based variant) that it's actually served in funerals as a respite for the weary mourners. It contains rose water which is a natural olfactory antidepressant.
#Halva is heavenly.
#Poll: have you ever had #halva?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halva
Back in 2001, when I was reading #LordOfTheRings, I had a small carton of sesame halva that my mom left me.
When I was reading the part of the book where Gimli is discussing #Lembas, I was enjoying the halva, and ever since then, whenever I have halva, I call it lembas. ^__^
It's really, really, really good. It's obviously not a kind of bread, unlike Lembas, and it's of dubious nutritional value, but it is very tasty and filling.