What exactly is Turkish Delight?, Foods in the Narnia Series. |
 Jan 25 2009, 02:03 PM
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Visual Aids of Swoonworthiness Person  Posts: 2,736 Joined: 8:49pm December 9, 2006 Location: Lost in a Good Book somewhere in Minneapolis   |
I don't know about you, but being American, I couldn't see what was so tempting about Turkish Delight. So I looked up the recipe.....and I still don't get it.
 Anyway, like Harry Potter, the Narnia series is filled with wonderful food references. List your favorites here and post recipes if you have them. Here is the recipe from AllRecipes.com for Turkish Delight: INGREDIENTS
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Feb 1 2009, 03:36 PM
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Wizard Artist  Posts: 2,918 Joined: 1:36pm August 4, 2006 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe |
I have had it several times in my life - you have to find it from a reliable shop. My neighbors did bring a box back to me last year from when they went to Turkey - it was so-so compared to some I have had before that I have bought in Amsterdam - it's best if you get it fresh. I did not quite understand how someone would find a whole container appealing to eat at once; nor did I when I read the Narnia Books; that was until I did get some that I did eat in one sitting, finding myself wanting more of it because it was so tasty.
First time I had it was in my youth, at some tourist focused USA town re-made to look very Western Cowboy. I thought it was bizarre to buy it from the candy store, since my connotations with it was it should come from the Eastern World. Even my Mom was a bit irked, since she thought I would make a mess in the back of the station wagon with the Turkish Delight having so much powdered sugar on it. I did not make a mess, but I did wish I would have bought more of it, than just a few pieces instead of also buying some American candy I was already used too. This moment for me was the starting of myself being more open to try new tastes from other countries. I was 7 at the time; I just would not let up about wanting to try any Foreign or Chinese Food (Which my bio-F automatically would say, "We are not going to buy non-American Food!" All this did was make me later in life sneak around to try other foods from different countries without my Parents knowing, even when I was 21 giving my USA hometown one last disasterious try before I left it for good. You could say that this Turkish Delight snipet in the Narnia books started me on that path to try the unkinown. This post has been edited by helyx: Feb 1 2009, 03:37 PM |
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 Feb 1 2009, 04:02 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 12 Joined: 8:17am January 16, 2009 |
I was gifted a lovely box set of the BBC Chronicles of Narnia dvd's for Christmas a few years ago which had a recipe for Turkish Delight. I will not share that recipe because I made it and it was...icky.
I've had Turksih Delight a few times and it really is hit or miss when you get it. The best times I've had it there was a bit of a crackle on the outer layer and the inner was very smooth. I think it's the crackle that makes it so good. I found this recipe for Hot Chocolate here. Ingredients 6 T. Unsweetened cocoaProcedure •Mix cocoa, salt, and sugar. |
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Feb 11 2009, 08:53 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 202 Joined: 3:24am June 3, 2008 Location: Enjoying the latest HP book club |
Turkish delight is supposed to be translucent, so it can't have any milk products in it. It is usually flavoured with rosewater, pistachios, mint or lemon juice. The best turkish delight I have ever heard of is made in a shop a long way from here, where the bloke, who is actually Turkish by birth, makes it on the premises.
Some of the other meals in the Narnia books are gorgeous. But I don't know what is meant by sherbert. That meal on Ramandu's island also sounds really terrific with all those roast meats. It sounds like an extra fancy Christmas dinner. |
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Feb 11 2009, 09:33 PM
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Official Singer of the Sorting Hat Song Posts: 6,605 Joined: 3:12pm July 22, 2005 Location: Lost in Hermione's beaded bag  |
I think one can substitute rose water or orange blossom water for the orange juice and zest. The nuts can be left out. There should always be a strong floral taste to it.
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Feb 24 2009, 09:15 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 16 Joined: 11:13am February 7, 2009 Location: In A Place No One Dares To Enter |
I had Turkish Delight a couple of times already, and I thought that it was really good. I have never tried making it myself (don't want to burn the house down) but still I thought that it was great. I wouldn't trade my family for it thought.
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