Turkish Delight, anyone?

Who knew?

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Who knew?

Pretty much anyone over 30 in the English-speaking Commonwealth of Nations, I would wager. Certainly I've long shared the reviewer's bewilderment at the idea that anybody would sell his soulr the stuff

I discovered the Cadbury Turkish Delight bar in childhood and my response was pretty much "yuck". However, in my twenties I found a little store in Toronto which sold Turkish Delight in sugar-powdered cubes, and tried it again. I liked it - not enough to sell my soul for it, certainly, but I would eat it again.

It's probably a matter of taste, on many levels.

I like Turkish delight. A student gave me a box when she returned from visiting her family in Istanbul. I thought it was delightful. Not having a soul to sell, I can't vouch for the worth of a box of Turkish delight.

You a big legged woman, zmjezhd?

You a big legged woman?

Hmm, I suppose if I were a woman, I'd be a gap-toothed one.

Sorry. My ex-mother-in-law has a quirky, kooky habit of taking a word or a phrase from any conversation and singing out a line from a song that contains that word or phrase. She did that at least ten times a day. One of the many things I love about her. I guess I was channeling...

This reminds me of a game we played a couple of years ago: somebody posts lyrics and then the next one takes a word from that set and posts another set/line/quatrain in cluding it. Is that how it goes? Anybody wanna start (let's limit it to the Latin liturgy in honor of the season............ J/K

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I'm with the one who is neither leonine nor of the wardrobe clan - the choc covered bar is sickly and disgusting, which put me off the whole idea until I tried the genuine article later on in years. By then of course my soul was long since parlayed...

Both the taste and the texture are unique. I can quite understand the subtely would be lost on many Americans of the sweet-toothed culture.

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Both the taste and the texture are unique.

Does that mean turkish delight is more unique than something which has merely a unique taste or a unique texture?

uh-huh.

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I live for Turkish Delight. I love it. Put a one pound box near me, and its contents will vanish within 10 minutes, if I don't exercise extreme self-control. The best is with pistachios. It is fabulous, and is probably reasonably good for you, consisting, I guess, mostly of water and protein.

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The best is with pistachios. It is fabulous, and is probably reasonably good for you, consisting, I guess, mostly of water and protein.

Nice rationale, insel.

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The best is with pistachios. It is fabulous, and is probably reasonably good for you, consisting, I guess, mostly of water and protein.

Nice rationale, insel.

Rationale, schmashinale. I love the stuff.

It is fabulous, and is probably reasonably good for you, consisting, I guess, mostly of water and protein.

I like this line of reasoning. Following it, Tennessee sipping whiskey must be good for you, in that it is made mostly of corn and water.

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It is fabulous, and is probably reasonably good for you, consisting, I guess, mostly of water and protein.

I like this line of reasoning. Following it, Tennessee sipping whiskey must be good for you, in that it is made mostly of corn and water.

Actually, any kind of alcohol must be good for you, because alcohol kills germs.

Note to FS,

Now that things have cooled down here, I would like to point out that "to be made from" and "to consist of" are not equivalent terms. Following *your reasoning, inhaling auto exhaust would be refreshing, because it is made from oxygen.

Isn't it lovely that "things have cooled down here" and we can poke one another good naturedly without risking the ignition of WWIII? Happy Christmas, which consists not so much of presents and parties but of good wishes.

The presence of good wishes be with you always, FS. And a very happy holiday to you.

"Happy" Christmas, Pardre? What's wrong with "Merry" Christmas, huh?

Well Ok,

from the bible belt to you and yours...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A MERRY NEW YEAR!

"Happy" Christmas, Pardre? What's wrong with "Merry" Christmas, huh?

I assumed the Padre was using the British form of the nativity and new year good wishes. In his Mother Country that is what they are wont to say.

You know, zmjezhd, maybe that Mother Country is right.
Poetry aside, "merry" does seem more akin to the traditional debaucheries that we celebrate New Year's night.

Besides, I was only spoofing the good pardre's kind post.

Sorry. Happy Christmas.

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I assumed the Padre was using the British form of the nativity and new year good wishes. In his Mother Country that is what they are wont to say.

Father Steve
Reged: 09/06/00
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Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA

Feliz Navidad, y'all

We are all fated to travel far from our mothers.

Share some love with your nearest and dearest, wherever you are and whatever the season's special meaning for y'all.

FS is what I'd call an anglophile. It is from his posts that I picked up his tendency to use the phrase "Mother Country" when refering to the UK. I was kidding themilum, since I was sure he knew that's what the English say 'round 'bout this time. No disrespect intended, even if the American South and Ole Angleterre are not my mother country. Have a fun and safe Saturnalia, y'all.

[Fixed a coupla typos.]

As it turns out, lokum is made from cornstarch, not agar as I'd thought; so unlike Father Steve's whiskey, it contains little in the way of protein. Of course, cornstarch sounds anything but exotic to us, but I wonder if it wasn't imbued with New World magic when the Sultan in Topkapi consorted to make sweets.

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We are all fated to travel far from our mothers.

and still to hear her calling us, calling us,
to wash our hands and sup.

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his tendenacy

Heh�

I like it, nuncle.

If only it were voluntary.