Poll
Question:
Do you like Turkish delights?
Option 1: Yeah!
votes: 10
Option 2: Nay!
votes: 7
Option 3: Jaron option
votes: 9
So... a simple thread. Some people hate them. Some people swear by them. Which is you? :lol:
I know of it's existence from a reference in Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, but beyond that I have never seen or tried it. :huh:
I'd heard of it in the same place; asked a dude at a fancy candy store and his description made them sound like primitive jelly beans.
Quote from: Barrister on December 02, 2009, 05:51:51 PM
I know of it's existence from a reference in Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, but beyond that I have never seen or tried it. :huh:
Same boat.
I made it once because of the Narnia books. Mine didn't set properly. :blush:
Same here, I didn't even know they were a real food until recently.
Stupid warnings. This applies to all the posts above Garbon's.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 02, 2009, 05:57:54 PM
This applies to all the posts above Garbon's.
Except the first. :contract:
I've had them and I thought they were delish. :)
It's not generally available in the US though. I only ran into it via an Israeli-operated deli, which stocked other Levantine delights like halvah. :mmm:
I'm not sure I've ever had it, or exactly what it is.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on December 02, 2009, 06:46:49 PM
I'm not sure I've ever had it, or exactly what it is.
It is apparently what Spellus is snorting continuously.
Although lately, he is shooting up borscht.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on December 02, 2009, 06:46:49 PM
I'm not sure I've ever had it, or exactly what it is.
They are small, soft, gelatiney type candies, usually covered in powdered sugar:
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They sometimes have pistachios or almonds in them as well.
My dad bought a lot back in the day. Nay. Too sweet.
Used to eat them back in the Old Country. Never were my favourites. They have the consistency of soft, overcooked flesh.
Something about them just doesn't quite click with me. They're okay, but I remember trying them and thinking they were nowhere good enough to warrant a holocaust on talking animals. :lol:
I had some of these when I was a little kid... my grandmother got them from her gay BFF (can't imagine why he was interested in the Turks). Anyway, from what I recall they were insanely sweet, but as a little kid it was my job to enjoy sugar so I liked them. Not sure if I would now.
*shrugs* They just tasted like dough covered in sugar to me. They taste...incomplete. Not to say I didn't enjoy them as a kid- I was gonna take damn near any snack my parents and their friends threw my way. Got quite a bit of it, too- between Fisher's Food Market (a sorta gourmet-ish mom-and-pop grocery store) and Haar's Gourmet Foods, Turkish Delight has always been easy to come by in my neck of the woods.
That dude used to always bring back Saltwater Taffy from Jersey and expect me to eat that shit too. :x
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 07:47:46 PM
That dude used to always bring back Saltwater Taffy from Jersey and expect me to eat that shit too. :x
:console: We Jersey-dwellers tend to inflict it on outsiders more than we eat it ourselves.
Now,
fudge from the Wildwood boardwalk... :contract:
Saltwater taffy is great you fucking Kentucky hack.
Quote from: katmai on December 02, 2009, 07:56:00 PM
Saltwater taffy is great you fucking Kentucky hack.
No, no it isn't.
Its good stuff.
Though I must say I prefer the westernised Fries style variety to the actual original stuff.
Oh, and I hear apparently the name Turkish Delight pisses off the Greeks to no end who insist its actually a Greek thing with a significantly less appealing name.
I really don't need to say anything in this post.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 02, 2009, 07:51:40 PM
Now, fudge from the Wildwood boardwalk... :contract:
Correct. :mmm:
Quote from: Tyr on December 02, 2009, 08:09:45 PM
Its good stuff.
Though I must say I prefer the westernised Fries style variety to the actual original stuff.
Oh, and I hear apparently the name Turkish Delight pisses off the Greeks to no end who insist its actually a Greek thing with a significantly less appealing name.
Hmm..
Taffy - candy or a sweet?
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 08:51:06 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 02, 2009, 07:51:40 PM
Now, fudge from the Wildwood boardwalk... :contract:
Correct. :mmm:
You keep affirming my belief that you are in the closet with such outrageous statements.
Quote from: katmai on December 02, 2009, 08:56:06 PM
You keep affirming my belief that you are in the closet with such outrageous statements.
Only gays like fudge? :blink:
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 08:56:55 PM
Quote from: katmai on December 02, 2009, 08:56:06 PM
You keep affirming my belief that you are in the closet with such outrageous statements.
Only gays like fudge? :blink:
well duh :rolleyes:
Where do you think they get the term fudge packing from, sheesh.
The only packing of boardwalk fudge I do is into my belly. :blush:
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 08:59:26 PM
The only packing of boardwalk fudge I do is into my belly. :blush:
:blush:
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 08:59:26 PM
The only packing of boardwalk fudge I do is into my belly. :blush:
:yes: Last time I was down at Wildwood, I came back with two 1-lb. boxes of fudge.
I was guilty of: fudge-packing. :blush:
I love them, but I've only gotten them while in Turkey, or from Turkish immigrants to Germany. Non-Turkish Turkish Delights might not be so good.
Greek Delight sounds like a Marty-esque porn title.
I don't think I've ever tried or even seen Turkish Delight.
Quote from: Jaron on December 02, 2009, 08:54:01 PM
Hmm..
Taffy - candy or a sweet?
Most candies are sweet.
Quote from: katmai on December 02, 2009, 07:56:00 PM
Saltwater taffy is great you fucking Kentucky hack.
:yes:
I love it and order my supervisor to always bring some when he goes on business trips to Istanbul.
Speaking of "Turkish" stuff, I also love Nougat, which in German is often called "Turkish Honey".
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only had some on the last year (friend brought from Turkey.) was good. Nothing I'd kill for like say a nice chocolate.
:mmm:
Jaron option, after a quick check on wikipedia, doesnt it look like something I have ever tried...
Byzantine treats? No sir!
Gayest. Thread. Ever.
Quote from: Syt on December 03, 2009, 01:38:48 AM
Speaking of "Turkish" stuff, I also love Nougat, which in German is often called "Turkish Honey".
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That looks like turrón, it's a tratitional sweet for Christmas over here.