# The most disappointing dessert **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971 "2024-07-09T23:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/60 "2024-07-10T16:10:58Z")
We had a thread on Turkish delight not that long ago > [@What did you think Turkish Delight was, when you first read Narnia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630): > > Many of us read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as children, were almost as enthralled as Edmund at the thought of Turkish Delight, then later in life discovered what it really is, sort of a rosewater jelly: at best, nothing much to get excited about if you hadn’t just come out of the deprivations of WWII; and at worst, revolting. One wag on Twitter has said: “If you read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a child, then finally tasted it, you may be entitled to compensation.” I’m looki… Where i posted > [@What did you think Turkish Delight was, when you first read Narnia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/10): > > I first had Turkish delight in my 50s, when a co-worker brought some back on vacation. Yeah. Hard to think that Edmund sold his soul for that. Perhaps that was the most disappointing dessert i ever had. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971)._