[HPforGrownups] candy debate

[yael oren]

No: HPFGUIDX 13063

Rachel wrote: "Turkish Delight has orange juice in it.  That's about all I know about 
that one.  I found the recipe on a CS Lewis site the other week 
when looking up info on the Narnia Chronicles."

Not accurate. Turkish delight, in the base form, is merely powdered sugar, water, gelatine (or cornstarch flour) and almonds. All right, you can do without the almonds, but it's not the same thing. :)

To that base, you usually add colouring powder, any fruit juice, ground lemon peel or vanilla essence. And almonds. Or pistachios. You usually roll it in ground coconut or sugar powder.

Very sweet. Comes in a variety of firmness from soft marshmallow (rare and as sticky as wet marshmallow) to large jelly-bear-like substance (more common, almost doesn't stick). The colour is usually white with green spots (the pistachios) but very often pink. Other colours are available as well - in Turkey, you can find small dolls made of colourful Turkish Delight.

Anything else you wanted to know about this sweet? <G>

yael




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