# What did you think Turkish Delight was, when you first read Narnia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking, books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [February 11, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630 "2023-02-11T17:37:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/121 "2024-07-16T23:07:29Z")
> [https://spicedblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Peanuts-Divinity.jpg](https://spicedblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Peanuts-Divinity.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/122 "2024-07-17T02:19:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Like divinity? > > [https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.bfBgARz-pwb0d7P06DEvogAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain/](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.bfBgARz-pwb0d7P06DEvogAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain/) Yes, exactly. Except I don’t think I knew what divinity was, then. I clearly had seen it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/123 "2024-07-17T02:31:56Z")
C. S. Lewis was really big into teaching folks about divinity. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/124 "2024-07-17T16:35:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > I assumed it was akin to nougat. Then I went and looked it up (back in the pre internet days when this meant “going to the library”) and was perplexed > > Yeah, me too. I envisioned it as white, creamy, and looking something like Danish wedding cookies. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > I assumed it was akin to nougat. Then I went and looked it up (back in the pre internet days when this meant “going to the library”) and was perplexed > > Yeah, me too. I envisioned it as white, creamy, and looking something like Danish wedding cookies. Wikimedia has photos of clotted-cream-based Turkish Delight [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/KaymakLokum_%283%29.JPG/654px-KaymakLokum_%283%29.JPG) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/KaymakLokum_%283%29.JPG/654px-KaymakLokum_%283%29.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/125 "2024-07-18T16:27:55Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I pictured something like baklava, which I had seen but never tasted. Same for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630/126 "2024-07-21T03:48:39Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I pictured something like baklava, which I had seen but never tasted. Honestly, a couple of my sibs I would sell down the river for some really good baklava. That’s more about them than the dessert, but it is some damn tasty stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-turkish-delight-was-when-you-first-read-narnia/979630.md?page=6)