Turkish Delight and Harry and Me and Saitaina

[milztoday]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Rachel Bray" <bray.262 at o...> wrote:
> The other day I was in my local grocery store and I found 
> they've made an entire aisle devoted to foreign foods 
> (there's always been the Mexican/Chinese/Italian row...now 
> it's got Australia, India and UK).  So imagine my joy when 
> I saw they had Turkish Delight in the UK area.  Being a 
> huge fan of Narnia, I bought it so I could finally see what 
> the big deal was for Edmund.
> 
> Um....can I just say that I think Edmund was INSANE?!  
> YUCK!!!!  Yuck yuck yuck!   I didn't care for it at all.  I 
> think I'll just stick to jelly beans (not licorice, 
> though...don't care for that either) and gummy bears.

Lol. I recently found and bought a box of Italian 'marron glaces' 
(candied chestnuts). I've read scores of books that have mentioned 
them and have seen tv chefs rave about them. I served them up at a 
dinner with my brother and his family. Well, they tasted like candied 
sweet potatoes (at twice the cost per pound too!). Somehow we got to 
talking about other foods we've read about and never had tried. Of 
course, Turkish Delight came up. My brother's opinion of Turkish 
Delight was similar to yours. He couldn't figure out why Edmund would 
betray his siblings for a box of Turkish Delight either.
 
I've read recipes for Turkish Delight and they didn't seem that 
horrific. Now after your review and my brother's review, I'm a bit 
suspicious. Maybe I should just keep believing that they taste a 
little like Aplets and Cotlets?

Milz