Have a sweeter name for the delicious `kuih tahi itik'

YOUR report "It's sweet by any name" (NST, July 24) by Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah had me in stitches. It's about the names of the kuih tiga beradik, referring to kuih tahi itik, jala mas and buah tanjung. These cakes are popular in Kelantan. I presume the term tiga beradik (three siblings) is recently coined. In the past, they were not in alliance. I agree for tahi itik (duck's droppings) to be given some rebranding. Do away with tahi as the traditional chefs of yesteryear had not attended culinary school. Never would they have thought that their concoction would survive until today. Perhaps kuih anu itik sounds palatable. These cakes were in the menu for Kelantanese dignitaries in…