Turkey Joints, Rome’s signature candy, made an appearance at the Project Fibonacci speaker series this week.
“That’s good,” said actor, director, writer and science communicator Alan Alda as he sampled one of the confections at the end of his talk at SUNY Polytechnic Institute on Wednesday evening.
He was presented a jar of the handmade candies — with no feathers — in recognition of his appearance at the first Project Fibonacci STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, math) Youth Conference. He spent nearly an hour discussing the importance of science communication.
“It’s the most ridiculously addictive candy ever,” said Daniel J. Kostelec, STEAM outreach coordinator at Rome-based ANDRO Computational Solutions, as he presented a jar filled with Turkey Joints to Alda, famous for his roles on the TV shows “M*A*S*H” and “The West Wing.” ANDRO hosted the conference that ended this morning.
“They look like herring in a jar,” offered Alda as he accepted the candies that are about six inches long and have a silvery sheen.
Alda then proceeded to eat one of the candies that blends chocolate and Brazil nuts covered with a sweet silver coating. They get their name from the knobby little “joints” that run up and down their length. Those are the Brazil nuts embedded in the chocolate.
