Turkish Delight

xzanti

Who actually eats this stuff?? It's awful, it's the most vile thing I've ever tasted.. Even the stuff coated in chocolate is disgusting.. Someone brought me back a box of 'the real thing' from Turkey, took one nibble and almost threw up... Who here likes it???

Earthhorse

Yeah, it's awful stuff.

It should be called International Disgust.

Some of my friends love it though.

FruitLover

It's very popular with junkies. How multicultural of them!

I had some of the real stuff in Turkey and it was OK, but you wouldn't want to eat piles of it. Even the Turks didn't seem to be particularly delighted with it. More like "Turkish Mehh".

frag420

FruitLover wrote: »

It's very popular with junkies. How multicultural of them!

yeah whats that about?

Earthhorse

FruitLover wrote: »

It's very popular with junkies. How multicultural of them!

frag420 wrote: »

yeah whats that about?

Foil wrapping is useful drug paraphernalia. I think Cadbury's have stopped using it now.

star-pants

I like Cadburys Turkish, or Frys' Turkish - yum yum

But not that real stuff, in a box powdered, oh god I'd vomit

WindSock

I don't mind it. I used to like the frys one a lot but I'm gone off it now. I think I prefer the real stuff. But in small doses. What flavour is the green one?

And regarding junkies, I think the foil was thicker on turkish delight than on any other bar.

emperor_krunchy

awful stuff

I'd rather die of starvation tbh

metamorphosis

i prefer the real shtuff over cadburys and frys - wouldnt go out of my way to get it in a million years but if given a box ... sure il just eat it.

sillyputty

I had the real stuff as a kid in Turkey and i loved it, have never been able to have the Cadburys since.
My brother thinks it tastes like perfume.

Podge2k7

I can't stand the stuff, its disgusting!

ntlbell

love the real stuff, fry's is not bad too but wouldn't eat it very often.

9 - 9 seems to be a love it or hate it

hop2it

i hate it it remind's me of smelly old women who put on load's of talcpowder rader than wash themself :(:(

_blank_

I love it.

But not the cadbury's one, not enough of the jelly between the chocolate.

I love the sugar coated real deal stuff too.

wintear

The best is the Fry's Turkish delight as there is more of the Delight than in those small Cadburys squares. A good sized solid square.

The "REAL" stuff is not really as nice.

MandyM

I have an ex that could easily eat bars and bars of the Cadbury Turkish delight, which worked well for him 'cause he knew I wouldn't steal any of it :P

My mom likes the real thing with rose water or the pistachio, lemon etc, I kinda like the texture but really am not wild on the taste. Rose water is too perfume like for me.

KokaNoodles

Real turkey is tasty as fook. I could eat a whole packet of those things

anniehoo

What Starpants said too. Its the first one i pick out of a Milk Tray box and love the Cadburys squares and Frys version...but hate the powdery jelly stuff you get on hols. One of my friends said its like "eating pot pourri and chocolate" ..then eats the coffee ones which is just weird

Aard

Love the Fry's version, although it's a tad expensive. The Cadbury's one is alright. The real deal? Not my cuppa.

BaileysComet

Not sure if you mean Cadburys Turkish Delight or that purple-y pink square thing. Same answer either way, blurgh!

Pythia

I absolutely love the Pink (rose) Turkish Delight that you get in Turkey. So good...

s_carnage

I love the stuff especially the fry's version.

Cassidy1

the frys one is ok dont know about the cadburys one

JONJO THE MISER

Its my favourite choclate bar, love the frys version then i finish it off with 2 cadbury ones and a nice cold Pepsi:cool:

jahalpin

I've tried a few different types of turkish delight and the only one that I like in any way is Frys Turkish Delight.

The chocolate is very nice and the rose jelly is really nice, especially when the bar has been in the fridge for a few hours beforehand

damoz

Just ate a Frys.... been a while since ive had one - not bad. Low fat, but full or sugar

Pythia

Just back from Cyprus and I've got a taste for real Turkish delight. Do any shops in Dublin stock the cubes of it like you get abroad?

Jenroche

I have a longing for a bar of Fry's now after reading this thread. Love the Cadbury and Frys ones but find the 'real' stuff a bit overpowering.

Jen ;->

emeraldstar

Pythia wrote: »

Just back from Cyprus and I've got a taste for real Turkish delight. Do any shops in Dublin stock the cubes of it like you get abroad?

I could be wrong but I think I have a vague recollection of seeing it in M&S before?

mockler007

Earthhorse wrote: »

Foil wrapping is useful drug paraphernalia. I think Cadbury's have stopped using it now.

eh the frys packets would melt if you tried to do gear on it, member being on a bus home to tallaght, a junkie got on, fuked his kit kat out the window and lit up the foil, i mentioned to him that this was expensive way to do drugs and that dunnes do rolls of the stuff for the same price, dis was a few years back when kitkats were in the old wrappers

Aard

I tried some of the Turkish Delight from the sweets stall in the ILAC recently, and was pleasantly surprised - very tasty.

Johnny Utah

The nicest is defintely Fry's- I could probably subsist on a diet of nothing else but Fry's Turkish Delight! :eek:

Actaully, I'm eating one right now- nyom nyom nyom nyom!

the beer revolu

Was in Istanbul last week.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the nutty, chewy Turkish Delight.
Not crazy about the rose or amber ones.

ShetlandViking

Got back from Istanbul yesterday. I first heard about Turkish Delight in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe and decided to try the Cadbury's version when I was a kid, and hated it, so I never had it again without knowing what the real stuff was like.

Now I love the stuff, the fruity flavours at least. I wish I brought more back with me!

Faith

Hi ShetlandViking, please don't bump threads that haven't been posted in in over 5 years.