Turkish Delight and UK Speciality food.

[milztoday]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "dracos_boyfriend" 
<dracos_boyfriend at y...> wrote:
> You bunch of philistines!
> 
> :-D
> 
> Turkish Delight is one of the most wonderful things ever created.  
It 
> is lovely.  I can't get enough of it.  Try some yourselves before 
> taking that biased review to heart!  In fact, I will now bring 
boxes 
> of it as presents when I come to the States.
> 
> However I admit to being confused as to why it was in the UK aisle, 
> and confess to wondering what the hell they found to put in that 
> aisle.  One would assume tinned puddings and tins of Birds' 
Custard, 
> and maybe marmalade, but I can't really think of anything else.  I 
am 
> completely stumped by the concept of a section of a shop dedicated 
to 
> British food, and am therefore concluding that that supermarket is 
> weird.
> 

I've never tasted Turkish Delight. (My experience with marron glaces 
was less than satisfactory.) But from the recipes I've read for 
Turkish Delight, it doesn't seem that bad: a rose-water flavored 
chewy confection right? My brother thought the Turkish Delight he had 
was flavorless and didn't think much of it.

Several supermarkets in my area have international food aisles with 
British foods sections. Some of the things there are marmalade, 
shortbread, tea, lemon curd, Bovril, Marmite, mustards, Dad's sauce 
(at one time), Christmas puddings in tins, and hard sauce. 

This sounds strange but there are also some clothing stores that sell 
imported foods too, like jams, confections, teas, coffees, oat cakes, 
etc. 

Milz