I add pistachios because I like pistachios and because it makes me feel better as a Mom that at least there’s some real nutrition buried in the flavored sugar-cornstarch paste.Īs much as kids love to help out in the kitchen, this is not a recipe to make with them. But when I make it at home it’s soft and pretty and I can flavor it and color it however I want.Īdd nuts or don’t. Even when I buy it from Middle Eastern Markets I’m disappointed. Here, Stateside, I will be the first one to admit that I dislike store-bought Turkish Delight (also known as lokma or lokum). England’s proximity to Turkey probably meant that Turkish Delight was a special little import and I bet it was also scarce during WWII making it even more desirable. I mean why not some other triple chocolate ridiculousness? Given the historical setting of this book and also his use of Turkish symbols and names (Aslan means Lion in Turkish), I’m sure there is a deeper meaning here.
Lewis’s reasons for choosing Turkish Delight as the enchanted sweet of choice. Truly a whole novel could be written about C.S. Until I actually tasted Turkish Delight from Turkey (which is amazing) I asked the very same question: “Why oh why, would he sell out his siblings for this yucky, gummy, bland sweet?” Lewis’s book The Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe, this little confection, for me, has become a beautiful little reminder to forgive and forget.īut maybe you’re asking, “WHY? Why would Edmund do that?!?!” And I don’t blame you.
Oh to be loved by a Lion so great! Thanks to C.S. If you grew up with the Narnia Chronicles, then it’s impossible to pop a piece of Turkish Delight into your mouth without thinking about how selfish Edmund sold out his siblings to the White Witch for this exotic and beautiful perfumed gumdrop.Īnd it’s also impossible to not think about how Aslan, the Lion King, sacrificed himself for Edmund’s sin of treachery at the merciless hands of the White Witch.
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