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TURKISH DELIGHT
THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE SWEETS
From James Joyce's "Ulysses" and C.S.Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to the Broadway musical,"Kismet", Turkish Delight has long been celebrated in story and song, and most recently made silver screen debut in the film version of "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe", part of Disney's film adaptation of "the Chronicles of Narnia".Among its most famous devotees rank luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, Winston Churchill and Napoleon, who is said to have been particularly partial to pistachios in his Turkish delight.
In Ottoman times known as "rahat-i hulkum", meaning "contentment of the throat", in time its name shortened to the present-day Turkish, lokum, which James W.Redhouse, the author of the definitive 19th century Ottoman-English dictionary, defined as,"lumps of delight".The name and poet, who recorded her travels in Turkey in the book,"A sail to Smyrna" or " An Englishwomen's Journal".
The fame of Turkish Delight rapidly spread through Europe, where confectioners sought in vain to imitate not only its tempting flavours but also its unique texture.The popularity of Turkish Delight was further increased by the many Europeans who came to İstanbul during the Crimean War.It was also during the Crimean War that the first song to mention Turkish Delight, the Turkish classic "While going to Üsküdar" (Üsküdar' a gideriken), was penned.
Authentic Turkish Delight is made from a sugar syrup mixed cream of tartar that is then cooked with corn starch and continuously stirred until it reaches a molasses-like consistency, after which it is allowed to cool and cut first into strips, then into the familiar cubes, Redhouse's "lumps of delight".There are many different types such as; pistachio, hazelnut, almond, orange, rise&lemon, mastica, mint, cinnamon, ginger, turkish coffee, chocolate coated pistachio and chocolate coated rose.
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