I don’t understand why it’s trendy on the internet to hate Turkish Delight - the real thing is quite sublime. I was a little younger than Edmund when I lived in Cyprus where we could buy it direct from little shops making it by the roadside, but I rather like the stuff - best enjoyed in contrast to a really strong cup of unsweetened black coffee, as I later discovered.
My mum used to, mainly for reasons of cost as single mum, make sweets of various kinds at Xmas for gifts to family and friends.
Turkish Delight was one, using real roses to create rose syrup - she was an enthusiastic gardener. I don’t recall the recipe but I suspect animal-hoof based gelatine was involved…
It was really good.
Ugh, Black Jacks are disgusting. And also turn your mouth black.
Dr. Paprika hit the nail on the head with the Canadian candy Halloween Kisses. I think the key to their longevity is that they’re one of the cheapest Halloween candies you can buy.
Those are two different candies (the powdery disks and the fruit roll-up). They’re both OK, but I don’t like the preserved plums (or most other salty candy, for that matter).
Say it loud! Say it proud!
And a punchline in L.A. Story.
There are similar sounding Mexican tamarindo candies with salt and chilie-lime. I think they’re mostly pulp, by volume. I’ve also seen little packets of tamarind paste, like a transparent takeout soy sauce or hot mustard pouch. I wish tamarind was more popular.
Also known as horse cakes. Or spogs.
I never knew that !
I like licorice allsorts too! I think because they’re like fancy Good ‘N Plenty.
I love candy corn. Peeps and Circus Peanuts are ok.
I really like most candy.
Since we’re here fighting ignorance, those hard little candy ball blue things are nonpareils, a venerable decorative confection well known to bakers and candy makers.
…Nonpareil means having no equal; peerless, describing something or someone of unequaled excellence, but it also refers to tiny, round sugar candies … that are literally “without equal” in their tiny size and delicacy…[AI]
How much of the hatred of licorice allsorts is just hatred of licorice of all types? It’s a polarizing flavor. People usually either love it or hate it. I like licorice, but I know people who despise it.
On the other hand, almost everyone hates circus peanuts. So why are they still made? Who buys them? Do the people who like them buy so many that it justifies their continued production?
For us benighted furriners, why “circus” peanuts?
Because they’re molded to resemble in-shell peanuts.
OIC. Disappointing when you try to crack open the “shell”.
And why “circus”? Because you used to give (real) peanuts to the elephants?
Circus peanuts still sound better than South African sweet peanuts, which were filled with peanut butter. Yuck.
Yep…and with the tired Narnia “jokes”. Every. Single. Time.
Proper Turkish Delight is wonderful.
I also like allsorts. A lot.
Should just be starch.
Hundreds-and-thousands are a perfectly correct name for them.
I wonder if the people who claim to dislike Turkish Delight have never had the real thing. Disclaimer – I’ve never actually had Turkish Delight of any form as far as I can recall. But Tasting History did a video on it recently. Apparently British confectioners tried to recreate the stuff, and, well, they screwed it up. I wonder if that’s the version these people had. He concurs that the proper version from Turkey or Greece is quite wonderful.
I can accept that, certainly. I mean I dont care for grits, but a cook buddy of mine made some especially for me that were excellent.
I have had mass produced Turkish Delight, and sure I didnt spit it out, but I didnt reach for another piece either. I’d rate it “meh”. This issue isnt that TD isnt edible or even kinda tasty when done right, it is that after the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, it is a let down.
I’ve never read the Narnia books, so when I first had Turkish Delight, I wasn’t burdened with expectation. I like the stuff just fine. An above-average confectionary for me, but, yeah, not one to trade your soul or family for, or whatever it is that happens in the books,