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That's such a common one! It's even worse that there's a chocolate bar in the UK called "Turkish Delight" which is nothing like the proper "Lokum". It's not ver
by smcl 10y ago
That's such a common one! It's even worse that there's a chocolate bar in the UK called "Turkish Delight" which is nothing like the proper "Lokum". It's not very pleasant :)
- OJFord 10y agoTurkish delight (not Cadbury's chocolate bar) is delicious. The chocolate bar is just crap mass-produced Turkish delight wrapped in chocolate. I agree it's not very pleasant, but I don't know what else one could expect.
- smacktoward 10y agoIt's not that real-world Turkish delight is bad, per se, so much as that Lewis makes it sound so life-changingly incredible that the real-world version is bound to disappoint by comparison.
- manarth 10y agoOn the one hand, it was mind-numbingly delicious because of the White Witch's magic making it incredibly addictive, rather than simply the virtue of being Turkish delight. But why the choice of Turkish delight? A combination of status-signalling and unavailability [1] (post-WW2 sugar-rationing was still in effect when the book was written). [1] http://www.tor.com/2016/08/08/why-was-turkish-delight-the-ultimate-temptation-in-c-s-lewis-narnia/ http://www.tor.com/2016/08/08/why-was-turkish-delight-the-ul...
- walshemj 10y agoDon't forget that CS Lewis was writing for a UK audience that still had rationing for sweets when published. Turkish Delight was /Is a common UK Christmas time treat.
- smcl 10y agoYep I've since had it (in Istanbul, no less) and it is very nice
- magic_beans 10y agoIt's WAYYYY too sweet.