"Turkish Delight!" Which of Beatrix Potters Characters died from too much

[KoKo]

Does anyone remember?

I LOVE "Turkish Delight." I hate all others sweets but anytime I'm near a Middle Eastern Grocery Store...I have to pick up a box or two. The ones with most pistachios are particularly delicious to me, although I haven't settled on one brand yet.

I still remember one of Potter's characters dying because of too much of it though. When I send a box to a friend, I always include a "caution" that one could "overdose" on "Turkish Delight." :D

[liontamer]

1. i don't know

but the white witch seduces edmund with turkish delight in the lion the witch and the wardrobe

[El Fuego]

2. Yes it was Magical Turkish Delight

[Lisa]

3. have you tried making it yet?

I used to make a citrus-y type (from an abbreviated recipe, not really authentic, but people didn't seem to mind!). Now that I have access to rosewater and pistachios, I was thinking about trying it again!

One Middle Eastern sweet I like even more than Turkish Delight is Persian gaz (kind of a nougat). A friend who'd lived in Isfahan urged me to try some, and I've been hooked ever since. (There are 2 kinds on the market -- the more authentic type doesn't use as much sugar.)

p.s. i thought I knew Beatrix Potter's books (even "The Fairy Caravan"), but I guess not -- the Turkish Delight thing just isn't ringing any bells! Best I can do is contribute another TD anecdote -- from Gerald Durrell's account of growing up on Corfu. His sister is wooed by an eager Turkish youth, who takes her to the cinema and plies her with ... what else but? She ends up covered with powdered sugar.

[Tom Kitten]

4. Well it wasn't me!

It was Edmund!

[KoKo]

5. Spiritual Qualites of Chocoholics VS. Turkish Delight Fans......

(Well, I don't think that it's only "Born Again Christians" who are looking for something different and who like "Turkish Delight" but this is one "Internets Folks" view of it. :D I'm definitely NOT a "
Born Again!"
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Do you need Chocolate/

United Kingdom Express UK Nov 18th 1999

A new book makes the unusual claim that your relationship with the cocoa bean defines who you are. Viv Groskop investigates.

Have you ever thought you are becoming overly dependent on chocolate? Do you love it and feel guilty when you eat too much? If so Murray Langham has written the book for you.

A counsellor from New Zealand, Murray discovered "Chocolate Therapy" - a means of "exploring the self though chocolate" after he noticed that many of his patients had a close relationship with it. He found that by observing his patients' choc-obsessed habits-what they chose, why they chose it, what they disliked and what they loved - he could discover more about their personalities than by just asking the patients straightforward questions about themselves, as you would in regular therapy.

"I started asking my clients what sort of chocolates they like to eat," he says, "and I began to notice that people chose similar confectionery according to their personality."

-Snip-skip over of Chocolate Lovers to those who Love "Turkish Delight."

He claims that many of his readings have been spookily spot-on. "I once gave a reading to a woman in a bookshop,"he recalls. "She said 'Oh, my husband absolutely loves Turkish delight. What does that mean? Well, people who like turkish delight are usually on a spiritual quest of some kind, or looking for something that is missing in their lives.

" When I told her this, she went to find him. It turned out he had become a born-again Christian. "You get very few people who would choose turkish delight but they always confirm this idea of looking for something, as this man did." Uncanny.

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[Lisa]

6. there's actually a candy bar called the "Big Turk" ...

It's a type of Turkish Delight, covered with chocolate. I don't know if it's available in the States. My officemate and I (similar ages and research interests, both from Southern Ontario, even found out we had acquaintances in common) both love them, but everyone else in the office is completely indifferent.