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A true story of Turkish Delight:
And so, with anticipation, I took a bite of the Turkish Delight. And a second later, spat it into my hand. It tasted like soap rolled in plaster dust, or like a lump of Renuzit air freshener: The texture was both waxy and filling-looseningly chewy. This … this? ... was the sweetmeat that led Edmund to betray his siblings and doomed Aslan to death on a stone slab?
Bwah! Can Turkish Delight go bad? That doesn't sound at all like the sort I've eaten, which, while not ambrosia of the gods, was still quite good.
Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
Does anyone overemote, "I'm going to be Queen! Queen of France!"?
I felt that way about Turkish Delight until I had some that was brought home by a friend from Turkey. Totally different vibe, just wonderful.
Wikipedia says, "...with the exception of the sugar, cornstarch, water, cream of tartar, and cooking technique, this recipe may be greatly altered according to taste and/or occasion." So, YTDMV.
Anyone know if anyone makes or distributes it stateside? Wondering how easy it would be to find, just to satisfy nearly two decades of curiousity as to what it's really like.
From an unofficial C.S. Lewis website:
TURKISH DELIGHT 5 Tablespoons corn starch 1/2 cup cold water 1/2 cup hot water 2 cup sugar 1/2 cup orange juice 1 teaspoon rosewater (or lemon juice) 2 cup pistachios (or other nuts, if you like) a bag of powdered sugar
mix corn starch with cold water set aside
bring hot water, sugar, and OJ to a boil add corn starch simmer for 15 minutes STIR OFTEN
remove from heat, add lemon juice and flavoring (whatever you choose)
stir in nuts pour into buttered pan
when cooled and thickened (be patient!) cut into 1 inch cubes with knife dipped in hot water
roll in powdered sugar.
Many Mediterranean food stores or Middle Eastern food stores carry Turkish Delight.
I find it to be incredibly sweet (and I have a wicked sweet tooth)jellular NAST.
The most succinct description of Turkish Delight I've ever met is further down that article:
Joanna surmised that, though now it tastes "like deep-frozen grandmother's perfume,"
Dipped in chocolate.
Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
Very strange use of New Order music.
Anyone know if anyone makes or distributes it stateside? Wondering how easy it would be to find, just to satisfy nearly two decades of curiousity as to what it's really like.
Aplets and Cotlets are essentially fruitastic Turkish Delight.
Really good Turkish Delight, which I've had from a handful of places around here is pretty similar in mouth-feel, though it's less fruity in flavor. Fresh, it's divine, but it doesn't age well.
Because I am the sort of person who can go through a roll of C. Howard's violet candies in no time flat, I will admit to a fondness for Lane's rosewater flavored stuff, which you can get at Cost Plus.
The "chocolate" covered bars (the one mentioned in the article, and Big Turk bars, which can be found in Canada) are some of the most addictively repulsive things I've ever put in my mouth. I have a stash of Big Turks in my freezer for taste bud torture. (It really is the only candy I've ever met that's so bad it's good.)