Some recipe secrets are more fiercely guarded than Russian intelligence.

So no wonder it's like that! That's exactly what I meant, about how it kind of stretches... OMG it's so good.

Do they make a hot drink out of that salep too? I know a lot of Middle Eastern people, and I've had this thick white drink, the name sounds like a variation of Salep... it sounds like Sahhh-lehb, the way they say it. So is this made of the same stuff? Or is it completely different?