C.S. Lewis's Greatest Fiction: Convincing American Kids That They Would Like Turkish Delight

Thursday, 3 December 2015

quote [ Turkish Delight, or lokum, is a popular dessert sweet throughout Europe, especially in Greece, the Balkans, and of course Turkey. ]

Obviously this isn't hard hitting journalism, but I thought overall the article was pretty cute. When I was young, I thought Turkish delight was a truffle flavored with chocolate, peanut butter, and strawberry, sort of like a better PB&J. I later tasted a rosewater flavored one and wondered who the fuck likes something that tastes like a 90 year old's handbag.

Did anyone else imagine the flavor of this horrible delicacy?

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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 8:22pm GMT on 3rd December
I read the book and thought that whatever the sweet of choice to a worldwar-era British kid, I don't even want to try.

Also: "considering that Edmund was willing to sacrifice his entire family for just one more piece" to me meant children are little shits, not that candy was fucking magical.

LurkerAtTheGate said @ 8:23pm GMT on 3rd December
I read the book and thought that whatever the sweet of choice to a worldwar-era British kid, I don't even want to try.

Also: "considering that Edmund was willing to sacrifice his entire family for just one more piece" to me meant children are little shits, not that candy was fucking magical.

I was a jaded little bastard.

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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 8:22pm GMT on 3rd December
I read the book and thought that whatever the sweet of choice to a worldwar-era British kid, I don't even want to try.

Also: "considering that Edmund was willing to sacrifice his entire family for just one more piece" to me meant children are little shits, not that candy was fucking magical.

I was a jaded little bastard.

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