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Turkish Delight
(I asked Ashton why he puts his thumb up in all of his pictures. He thinks it's funny to do that and to have what he calls "beaver teeth." Yes, the kid is a nut!!)
Since we are doing a Narnia study, we get to make some Narnian recipes. Our first one to make was Turkish Delight. So, being the good homeschooling mom I am, I first read the recipe to make sure we had the needed ingredients. I decide to skip the orange or mint flavoring since it said "optional" and to skip the crushed nuts.
The first thing the boys noticed after we had started cooking is that you CAN add orange or mint flavoring. They also wanted to know where the nuts were. I explained that it said "optional" for the flavoring and that nuts are always optional. They had a different opinion (especially since the word "optional" was not by the nuts) and I made a quick trip to the local grocery store.
I had no idea it takes this stuff so long to gel and then so long to harden. We let it set overnight in a pan to gel. Today we cut it up and rolled it in sugar. The recipe said to place it on a wire rack to dry. Did they try this recipe first? It eventually FALLS through the wire rack.
Supposedly, by noon tomorrow it should be hard and ready to eat. We started Friday afternoon.
We went ahead and tried it even though it isn't hard yet. Guess what it tastes like? It tastes like minty/citrusy Jello with crushed peanuts in it. Zachary was thoroughly disgusted. Ashton thought it was okay. Steve and I thought it was "interesting" but we do not know why Edmund (in the book) liked it so much. I think I would have asked for chocolate. |
Posted: 8:46 PM, Sep. 27, 2008 |
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| Yours looks a lot better than ours did! We used a recipe from "Story of the World." Ours turned out caramel-colored and never did set up. (We put it in the freezer, and then it was similar consistency to caramel.) I must say, though, it sounds like ours tasted better. (It had orange juice concentrate and no mint!) |
Posted by Dana at 10:40 PM, Sep. 27, 2008 |
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I have never tried Turkish delight. C. S. Lewis was a man, so maybe he just did not get the addictiveness of chocolate! Why buy Starbursts when you can have Hershey Kisses? :-)
Tammy
http://aut2bhomeincarolina.blogspot.com |
Posted by Anonymous at 7:27 AM, Sep. 28, 2008 |
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Turkish Delight--sounds great!
Hi, I just stopped by to see what was going on. It looks as if you guys are having a great time. Your son's insistence on his "thumbs up" sign reminded me so much of my late, great dad. He insisted on putting his hands out in every photo, as if to say, "Look at me!" Those are fun memories to call upon later, like when potential spouses show up at the house (smile).
Belinda
www.homeschoolblogger.com/bbullard |
Posted by Anonymous at 6:31 PM, Sep. 28, 2008 |
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Haha
There is a little place in a town near ours that sells turkish delight, and it was amazingly wonderful! The only problem I found was that I only like the red jello, and there were only about two pieces of that in the batch I bought. However, I had decided long ago to leave the making of it to them! Hope the rest of your week is equally as intersting! God bless.
Mama J. |
Posted by MamaJ at 2:22 PM, Sep. 29, 2008 |
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Turkish delight
| Thank you for explaining what "Turkish Delight" is. I always wondered how Edmund could like something so much that it wasn't flooding the stores for us to buy it after the movies came out. |
Posted by twistedsisterinChrist at 9:55 PM, Oct. 3, 2008 |
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