My dad used to travel a lot in the 80’s due to his job. I asked him to bring Turkish Delights if he ever came across them. I was so stoked when he opened his suitcase and handed me a fancy wooden box full of them.
This was one of the biggest disappointments of my childhood.
I like Turkish delight
You’re one of those freaks who like gelatinous, rose flavoured, sugar cubes!?!
Samesies…
It’s banging; the texture and flavour are both great.
Some people just have no taste.
And pistachio👌
They’re too sweet by themselves, you have to eat them wrapped between two plain butter biscuits.
Except that Turkish delight is delicious <3
IDK what people are on in this thread; rosewater is a traditional flavor (one not suited for the modern palate) but you can make it in whatever flavor you want.
Tt’s basically just a giant jelly bean with no outer shell, and if you get it in a good flavor it’s pretty tasty
(one not suited for the modern palate)
Huh?
back in the day people thought rosewater flavor was the shit.
Today it still has its fans, but like anchovies on pizza, most people today have different tastes and don’t like it so much.
Rosewater ice cream is 🔥🔥🔥
Pommegranate and orange flavours slap
Everyone else who grew up eating them (and fucking loves them) looking at this thread is like:
We talking about actual Turkish delights that are delicious or Cadbury Turkish Delight which is disgusting?
I love Turkish Delight. Maybe it’s genetic? Like, maybe it activates something in Mediterranean people?
My boyfriend is from the UK and I gave him authentic Turkish delight, he said he didn’t like the rosewater taste.
And that reminds me of the time I reached to a bottle of water in the fridge and only realized by the 2nd “glug” that it was rosewater. It was… okay. I survived.
Did you? Or is this the twilight zone!
There are pistachio Turkish delight. The traditional rosé taste is not for everyone.
As a fellow Turkish delight enjoyer, this thread has been eye opening.
I’m working on a theory: most commenters are probably American. Their sweets have so much sugar content over here that I’m starting to believe they don’t like Turkish delights because they are somehow less sugary ?
Dude Turkish sweets are the sweetest. Baklava (which I love btw) is literally soaking in syrup.
As an American, I can day it’s definitely not the sweetness to me. I find Turkish delight very sweet, almost too sweet. The texture is mostly what hangs me up, as well as a weird flavor I can’t put my finger on. It reminds me of gum drop candies? Which are the least popular candies by a lot here, as any child on Halloween will tell you lol.
It may just be one of those locational things where if you didn’t grow up with it, you just don’t like it? Like peanut butter, I’m told.
Rose-water is one of the common flavourings that would throw off an American.
I dunno… We do have a lot of things with rose water or lavender here. Personally, I don’t like either. It makes the food taste like perfume. But they have to be somewhat popular; they sell frequently enough.
Sorry, who doesn’t like peanut butter?
Just something I’ve heard from Europeans occasionally 🤷🏻♀️
… What kind of Europeans?
The kind from Europe I’d assume
I’m yet to meet a europe who doesn’t like peanut butter and I live in Sweden, 2 years in a student dorm full of EU citizens and internationals.
If you didn’t grow up with peanut butter, then it looks like diarrhea. The smell is quite strong as well.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up with peanut butter. I have friends who didn’t
But Turkish sweets are usually the most sugar filled (and greasiest…) sweets you can find? And I guess that’s why I love them lol
Here’s the thing. Unless you’ve been to Turkey and/or know someone with appropriate cultural heritage, you’ve likely never had good Turkish Delight.
There’s a distinct quality difference between TD made with love for people who enjoy quality… and the shitty TD that’s mostly sold to tourists and in supermarkets, aimed at people who don’t know the difference.
When it’s well made, it really is a lovely treat.
I love Turkish delight… The rosewater is my favorite actually… I’m a random American, never been to Turkey, and my only European heritage is like 4 generations back from Italy. But I like kahvesi too (so much so that I got a cezve and learned how to make it), so idk. Maybe I just lucked out and got good quality.
I’m a random American, never been to Turkey
The rosewater is my favorite actually
you are now invited to the mangal
Oh man, I love Turkish coffee. I actually want to learn how to do it as well. Even though it’ll probably ruin other coffee for me…
I actually have Turkish neighbours and they love baking/cooking, so we occasionally get plates or trays of something really delicious.
I really love a good baklava as well to go with my coffee. Thankfully that stuff’s quite expensive and difficult to make or I’d eat it daily.
Turkish people definitely know how to make something tasty :D
I love a bunch of Turkish sweets and have the pleasure of having authentic Turkish sweets available close to me, but man I just really dislike Turkish delights lol
That’s perfectly fine :D Some things just aren’t to everyone’s taste.
Here in the Netherlands, we absolutely love licorice for example. It’s a very large part of the candy section in any supermarket. Sweet, salty, spicy, hard, soft, you name it. We love it. Meanwhile, your average American nearly throws up if they try it. It’s something that you have to grow up with to really enjoy.
Haha I’m swedish actually so I understand what you mean! I never get tired of watching videos of Americans trying our salty “djungelvrål” licorice, the second they get it on their tongue they almost puke, meanwhile I can’t get enough
This is so true, it hurts. American usually ever have access to Turkish Delight from year-old, mass-produced packages from the factories of big-name candy manufacturers, which are 50% preservatives and unpronounceable additives. This shit has only a passing resemblance to real Turkish Delight.
It doesn’t have to be eaten or even made in Turkey; it only has to be well-made. It’s easy to get good Turkish Delight in London; I bet you can even find good stuff in NYC, or another large city. It just has to be reasonably fresh, and made with good ingredients and a tiny smidge of pride.
What’s really eye opening is growing up on the crap you get in America and then one day trying good Turkish Delight and realizing your childhood was a lie. And what’s worse is realizing that it’s nearly impossible to find quality stuff where you live.
I did try Turkish delight one time. It’s okay, nothing amazing and nothing I’d eat more than one of at a time.
But it’s fine
Even within Turkey you have to get Turkish delight from specific places otherwise it is shite. I can’t imagine you would be able to find anything worthwhile abroad.
I’ve had a real one from a Turkish place called Gülloglö, which no longer exists, and it was incredible. It was like a block of rose water, covered in powdered sugar, and biting into it was a floral, sugary, explosion, especially combined with their harsh, dark, Turkish tea – unbelievable.
I loved that place, and no idea how they went under.
If you don’t like traditional Turkish delight, I’m totally hooked on Fry’s brand Turkish delight.
the chocolate crunch and the chew after, it’s great.
as a Turkish person I don’t really like it either
For the longest time I thought when people were talking about Turkish Delight, they were in fact talking about Baklava. The disappointment I felt upon first trying Turkish Delight, life just isn’t fair
Bamlava is great tho
Exactly, the disappointment was even worse in the face of that
Do you ever have days where you keep seeing something mentioned? Today is baklava for me, it appeared in like 3 different places unrelated to each other.
It’s ok… isn’t it just like apricots and nuts or something?
Rosewater and walnut is what I’ve usually seen, often powdered with like icing sugar or something.
Mmm my mouth is watering already.
You thinking of baklava?
Not at all, that’s phyllo dough layered with honey and nuts
Hmmm 🤔 I guess I was wrong
You are! “Applets and Cotlets”
I’m sorry. But yeah, I was thinking of this fudge-like thing my parents used to get that was some sweet fruit puree with walnuts or pecans. I think it was green or something (maybe pistachios??). But it appears I was incorrect and Turkish Delight is more like gelatin cubes, like a gummy candy.
I’ve heard it pointed out before that these kids were living on World War 2 rations and, regardless of the quality of Turkish Delight under normal circumstances, it probably tastes a heck of a lot better when you’ve been eating mostly meat, cheese, and preserves for the last however long (though in Googling it, I see they did get SOME sweets in rations).
That helps explain why Edmund was initially excited about Turkish delight and called it his favorite. The other thing to remember is that Edmund wasn’t actually fed Turkish delight in the book. He was fed snow that the White Witch enchanted. The appearance, taste, and resulting thrall were the effects of the witch’s magic. He was actually craving Evil Magic Delight (until he was redeemed by Lion Christ’s sacrifice of course).
I went to London last month and, by all means, any foreign food would be better than whatever those kids were having.
Truth about the Cinnabons, give me a tray of those and I’ll prob tell you my mom’s maiden name and social.
