My experience with the best "fake" Turkish delight
I've come across the Fry's Turkish Delight in Scotland for the first time, so it's another thing I've learnt to know (and love) there. Soon after arriving to Auchinleck I was invited to my employer's house to watch a movie, have a little ... Read review
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A review by jeaniecz on Fry's Turkish Delight October 31st, 2008
Author's product rating:
Product Quality
Excellent
Taste
Delicious
Smell
Very nice
How loyal are you to this brand?
Not at all
Advantages:
delicious, low on fat
Disadvantages:
addictive, covered in chocolate, Cadbury are mean enough not to export it to continental Europe !
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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My experience with the best "fake" Turkish delight
I've come across the Fry's Turkish Delight in Scotland for the first time, so it's another thing I've learnt to know (and love) there. Soon after arriving to Auchinleck I was invited to my employer's house to watch a movie, have a little chat, that kind of thing and she sure was being a very kind host offering all kinds of snacks and sweets. I'm this kind of person who declines politely to about 90% of food or snacks being offered just coz I was taught that way and also coz any kind of nuts when combined with chocolate I hold a grudge which is borderline allergy or sth and sometimes I find it hard to explain this to people. So when asked if I felt like sth sweet I was about to say "No, thank you, I'm fine" but this rather heavy small bar in a fancy wrap was already placed in front of me, and despite the bigcase reading "TURKISH" on its top made me think initially of the Turkish honey (superthick crunchy honey-tasting thing bustling with nuts = a big NO fo rme), I thought "what the heck" and unpacked the cute pinkish violet wrap to find sth covered in a think layer of chocolate inside. "Ok, this smells pretty nice, so plz just don't let it be nuts in there!" I wished and took a little bite of the bar - you never know. Now there I was amazed...no nuts and the kind of jelly was absolutely delicious! It is of a funny dark pink colour matching with its package and actually pretty sticky and somewhat dense, just the way I think a jelly candy should be, not immediately dissolving before you even had a chance to have some fun with it. Both smelling and tasting of roses with a hint of lemon, I knew exactly what this was! Yes, THE Turkish delight, the thing I ate in Greece ages ago and ever since remembered as THE mythical candy, the soft chewy jelly with tiny bits of the rose petals inside, small chunks tossed in powder sugar to create a thin layer of coat. Now let me eat that, please! I savoured every little bite of the bar and I was hooked. My next visit to local Tesco was, besides regular food shopping, a mission to find this delicacy and during my 2-month-stay I sure had bought quite a few of those. I was quite disappointed to find out this was a Cadbury product, because 1) I don't like Cadbury chocolate much, I prefer Milka or Nestlé when it comes to that; and 2) I was sure the Delight would no way be found in shops back home and of course I was right. I wonder why do they import all those things (including quite many from Cadbury) but THE candy! But ok, I had my little stock to take home and it lasted. I've re-stocked in Ireland a year ago and then this summer I had so much Turkish delight in Turkey that I'm fed full with that for quite some time.
A few boring facts for those who care about the nutrition stuff
Each bar (51 grams) contains: 780kJ / 185 kcal of energy value 0.9g of proteins 37.9g of carbohydrates 3.6g of fat
According to Cadbury, this product shouldn't harm any of those who decided to live as vegetarians, but for vegans it wouldn't pass, I reckon.
Ingredients: Glucose syrup, milk chocolate (made of sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, dried whey, vegetable fat, emulsifiers E 442 (this is ammonia salt of phosphatic acid) and E 476 (a derivate of ricinoleic acid) flavouring agents), sugar, water, modified maize starch, pectin, colourant (E 129 - this is the Allura AC red colour, a synthetic colourant, international Colour Index C.I.16035) and flavouring agents. To my horror, as most of the candy companies, also Cadbury states that "may contain traces of nuts (!!!), eggs (who cares) and soya (who cares)". Luckily none of mine did! However, as we all know, since at Cadbury Trebor Basset they are passionate about making great quality products, shall my bar of delight contain more than just a trace of a nut, I'm sending the piece back to their HQ in Birmingham this very minute!
Package and price
Each rectangular bar is individually packed in a shiny and I would say somewhat classy glittering pink and violet wrap which says "Hey, I'm nothing ordinary!". There are 4 bars per pack which looks very much the same, only less shiny. The cover states "Full of Eastern promise" and "As good as ever". I have no idea how good ever is, but this bar might as well beat it. The package is very appealing and indeed promising, hard to be overlooked even on a shelf crammed with all kinds of other sweets and I think to anyone who has never tried it, the Fry's Turkish Delight would seem at least interesting.
Now I have to think very hard to remember how much I paid (in 2006, mind you)...I think it was 1.7 GBP (Tesco) per pack or similar, but that's a pretty out-dated price info, so I don't think it is very relevant anyway. But, it's a candy and if you want it, pay the price.
My opinion
Fry's Turkish Delight was a very nice surprise and I get goosebumps thinking that due to my unfriendly attitude towards nuts&choc products I almost deprived myself of this delicacy! I was also surprised to find a Cadbury product I liked a lot, as their chocolate is far from what I call good chocolate. I just love this candy and if I could buy it here, I definitely would! The only "but" I have against it is the presence of the chocolate, that woudn't need to be there necessarily for me, but on the other hand, it doesn't do any real damage. What makes it for me in Fry's Turkish Delight is the taste and the relative "healthiness", if compared to choc bars or biscuit+choc sweets. I also like to think that jelly is good for my joints.
Bottom line: One of my most favourite sweets ever, definitely worth trying and if you like jelly candies or the real Turkish delight, the success is almost guaranteed.
Advantages: The look, the scent , the taste Disadvantages: None for me.
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Turkish delight in its original form has been around for hundreds of years with it ... ...It is a confection made almost solely from sugar and starch and most commonly flavoured with rosewater or lemon; you will normally find Turkish delight in small cubes usually dusted with icing sugar although there are many other variations of the confection.
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Advantages: Is fairly good when added to icecream Disadvantages: Poor taste flavour and looks
**After researching abiut the famous urkish Delight I found the ingredients on a web site that stated Raspeberry as the flavour! Hmmmmm, now I did not notice that this was an Australian web site! On further investigation I have found that in Britain these chocolates are flavoured with Rose Water.
Now why didn't he just look at the packet - well I had one of these last week and remembered how much I hated them, therefore I didn't want to buy another ... ...This is not a wild night on the town in Istanbul; this is not a World Cup fan’s glee at his countries success; this is not the most famous soap opera in the Eastern world!
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Many of my favourite foods are my favourites not because of the way they taste but because of the memories the hold for me. Many of those memories are associated with people who are no longer with me, my grandparents, and the weekends I used to spend with them when I was young. One of these foods is Fry’s Turkish Delight.
Saturday nights at my Nan’s were a treat. While settling down to watch Saturday night telly they would let me have a martini ... ...glasses,(which held about as much martini as a thimble but I felt all grown up), me and my Nan would both have a Turkish Delight.
As they were her favourites every Christmas I would buy her Turkish delights and her eyes would sparkle lighting up her soft, worn face. Every time I eat a Turkish Delight it reminds me of my Nan
Turkish delights have been part of Turkish culture for centuries and used to sweeten the breath, it was originally made from ...
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Advantages: chocolate Disadvantages: not big enough
I have a passion for chocolate but I also love milk chocolate with Turkish delight. I have tried various brands but my favourite is Fry’s.
Whilst shopping at Asda I was ‘delighted’ to find that they had Fry’s Turkish Delight on special offer. A pack of three usually cost 99p but two packs today cost me £1.50. So there I was with my boots blacked stuffing two packs in my trolley. They won’t last long though because my husband likes them too.
Fry’s ... ...of eastern promise’. The packaging is made of a deep pink plastic with ‘Turkish’ in large bold white writing and ‘Delight’ in much smaller gold lettering. Inside are 3 individually wrapped bars of ‘Turkish Delight’, which are very similar to the outer wrapping except they are in a very shiny shade of pink.
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Advantages: Delicious tasty treat Disadvantages: None, unless you can't limit yourself to one
...sparked this impromptu journey off.
I am of course talking about Fry's TurkishDelight Cakes.
For those of you that don't know, Fry's chocolate and these cakes are made by Cadburys.
Packaging.
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These are individual cakes that come in a lovely bright metallic packet.Of course this is in the familiar purple colour that the chocolate version of this treat sports.
The packaging is infact quite plain, but chic. There is a picture of the cake that looks very appetising, the TurkishDelight logo.
According to the packaging, these little cakes may contain nut traces, but they are suitable for vegetarians.
I don't know whether you know this but TurkishDelight is actually quite low in fat and because of that I was really happy when I read that there are only 120 calories in each individual cake. Not bad...
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Advantages: Nice chocolate Disadvantages: not so turkish
...neither my wife nor my son were to discover it's whereabouts. This was a small hope which was very quickly dashed as they both strolled into the living room capruring Don with a gob full of TurkishDelight.
I say gob full that in a slight exageration since there is little more than a mouthful of turkishdelight in the whole bar. The chocolate squares which encapsulate the TurkishDelight are quite thick hence the filling is a bit sparse.
The filling is somewhat of a let down since I was kind of expecting to see the old Fry's type TurkishDelight, being that Cadbury now owns Fry's. This however did not prove to be the case, the filling was a bit more runny than I expected and it took me a few squares to even acknowledge it's presence. It did taste a bit like the old memories but not quite the same consistency. GOOD none the less just not...
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Advantages: Low fat ,delicious,great taste,convenient,good value Disadvantages: none for me
...As a confessed chocaholic , who has always had a thing about turkishdelight , I spied this in my local supermarket and quickly bought it.
Now I have always carried a bit too much of the old blubber and have spent a life time yo-yo dieting.Some times succeeding and sometimes failing . I have learned to accept myself warts and all as they say (No Idon;'t have any warts)
Having said that if I can make a healthier or low fat choice with something I do try to.
I have bought various flavours from the options range in the past . The orange ( outrageous orange as it is now known ) has always been my favourite . Options are made by ovaltine , so a reputable well known brand.
Fry's turkishdelight has been a firm favourite with me for many years but I do like traditional turkishdelight ( ie rose and lemon) So...
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