[ SECRET POST #3279 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3279 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

04. http://i.imgur.com/bBp03nR.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Lol, wat!?

Raise your hand if you tried Turkish delight because of this book.

[(Anonymous)]

(For the record, I always pictured it as a sort of pudding. I was surprised when I found out it comes in squares.)

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[badass_tiger]

I did when I was 10 and almost immediately spat it out. I don't like it or any other Arab sweets at all.

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[(Anonymous)]

Maybe in Flatland it comes in squares.

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[(Anonymous)]

I too thought it was pudding. Was super excited. Tried it about 3 years ago. Sort of disappointed.

Re: Raise your hand if you tried Turkish delight because of this book.

[cakemage]

Yup. It was tasty, but not worth selling out my immediate family for. Maybe a couple of my more distant cousins, but not close family.

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[nightscale]

I did, and I like them. In small doses though as it quickly gets sickly for me.

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure what I thought it was initially, it shows up in the BBC version and from that I at least knew what it looked like and could tell it was candy.

I quite like it. It's just a kind of gummy candy, but softer and maybe with nuts.

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[(Anonymous)]

For years I pictured it as being kind of like Baclava. I was super disappointed when I finally got to try it.

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[dratinis]

*raises hand*

I fucking love this stuff.

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[leikomgwtfbbq]

I'm 27 and still want to try it just because of this book. I've just never gotten around to it!

[blitzwing]

I didn't know what it was either. I'd take the meat over the candy, personally.

[(Anonymous)]

Me too! Though I imagined it as sliced pieces of turkey.

[fingalsanteater]

I thought it must have been some kind of quality chocolate and caramel because I'd sell my family out for some good shit like that.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it was something chocolaty for some reason. When I tried it, I was not really a fan. A bit too sweet for me.

[(Anonymous)]

Holy shit, I thought the exact same thing! I'd read some old fairy tales where they talk about sweetbreads, which are meat, and sweetmeats, which are candy, so that made it seem more logical to me.

[dinogrrl]

I didn't know what it was either, until I was in college and a professor in my department (who's from Turkey) brought back some and gave me a piece as I happened to walk by his office one day.

I've been trying to figure out a recipe I can use ever since.

[(Anonymous)]

Doesn't it taste like taffy?...

[(Anonymous)]

I'm guessing that Turkish Delight isn't a commonplace sweet in the US, then?

In the UK and Ireland, it has been sold as a rose-flavoured chocolate-covered bar for over 100 years - no child reading The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe when first published in 1950 would have been unfamiliar with it and it would have required no explanation. Nowadays, with Turkey being a popular holiday destination and with Turkish communities established in most European countries, the traditional sugar-dusted kind and flavours other than rose are also well known.

[fishnchips]

In my country's translation, Turkish Delight goes by the name Turkish Honey and I always imagined it was some sort of candy preserved in actual honey. I was very confused when reading it because wow, that must have been a sticky affair eating it.
But I'm also not a fan of that stuff...

[(Anonymous)]

The version of the book I read had an illustration, so while I didn't know what the heck it was, I knew what it looked like sort of. Years later, I tried Turkish Delight in the UK and was super grossed out. Wouldn't sell my brothers for any of that even on a bad day.

[(Anonymous)]

Not long ago I saw an essay about how so many Americans had no friggin' clue what Turkish Delight was when they read the book, and were grossed out when they finally tried it because rosewater isn't a common flavor on this side of the Atlantic, and it's nothing but sugar otherwise. The reference is further alienated by modern-day society, since the entire book takes place during World War II, when sugary sweets are heavily rationed-- Edmund wants the most unhealthy, sugary thing he can think of, because he hasn't had any candy in forever and wants to make it count. The White Witch isn't just offering him sweets, she's offering him an escape from the harsh reality of the war, a lifetime of peace and luxury, and that's what tempts him to betray his siblings.

It was a nice read, and had some good insights into a scene/motivation that otherwise made absolutely no sense to me.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I had an advantage, when I first heard this story it was being read as the class serial story by my grade 2 teacher. She explained what Turkish Delight is, but I suspect she had an inaccurate idea of it too, thinking of Fry's, a brand available in supermarkets that has chocolate on it.

I don't mind Fry's much, but when I did try some served at a Turkish restaurant, it was a lot better, and even the stuff sold by kebab shops is nice, though there is one brand at the supermarket I hate because I tried it once and it was ridiculously sickly-sweet.

[litalex]

I just tried Turkish Delight for the first time recently, and maybe I had bad ones, 'cause that candy is seriously not worth betraying your siblings over.