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Turkish_Delight_(Lokum)

The page Turkish_Delight_(Lokum) looks like it should link here. At the moment it just includes some of the info on this page, formatted badly.

Done. TheMightyQuill 17:42, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Exellent - (I seemed to have forgotten my username hehe :) ) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.173.128.90 (talk) 23:41, 21 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Hexagonal packaging

Does anyone know if the hexagonal packaging in which Turkish Delight is frequently sold (in Ireland the UK at any rate) is traditional? I've seen many different brands packaged in this way, so presumably it must have some relevance or significance. DublinDilettante 19:55, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it is only a export product packaging tradition, it is not common in Turkey.

"Etymological forms"

Themightyquill removed the words "rahat lokum, or rahat al-hulkum" from the enumeration of forms in the opening of the article, saying "Etymological forms don't need to be in the first sentence. For simplicity and clairity, let's leave them out until later." He is right that this probably helps with simplicity and clarity, but isn't Turkish Delight sometimes actually sold under those names? --Iustinus 17:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Being a Turkish 'turkish delight' lover, I haven't seen any of them being sold under the names "rahat lokum, or rahat al-hulkum" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.214.237.196 (talk) 14:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flavours section

What's the point of this as it stands? A bald list of flavours with no indication as to how common they are, what brands they're in, etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.153.109.183 (talk) 22:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Persian origin

In the sentence below assert that the lokum's origin is Persia.

Reay Tannahill suggests that the Persian confection ahbisa (jelly) was the ancestor of Turkish rahat lokum, the long name for the sweet.

I wonder that is there a delight in Iran like lokum? Can somebody inform me?

Ruzgar 21:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, God, persians will claim Turks are persian origin or even the aliens are persian origin, stop that, and I can't understand why it wirtes lokum's Greek word? Thre isn't any citation about it's a Greek word. Qghvz

It is not important whether there is lokum in Iran..Some people should claim and try to prove that a Turkish dessert or food is either Persian or Arabic (if not Byzantine) and not Turkish. Even Turkish delight should not be Turkish. However, unfortunately, it is of Turkish origin and dating back to 15th century. As the dessert which is claimed to be the ancestor of baklava does not contain any dough(?!) in it, sweets shown as ancestor of lokum should be some other sweets not related to lokum at all. I said that lokma means "morsel" or "small pieces" in Turkish. "Redhouse" does not link it directly with "lokum" which is derived from Ottoman "rahat-ol hulkum" (meaning which comforts the throat). As lokum was eaten for digestion after heavy meals they were calling the sweet as rahat hulkum (rahat means comfortable, convenient, relaxed in Turkish). So if something is coming from Arabic it is the word hulkum meaning throat. Cause there is no other Turkish word used for "rahat"!!! People should know that Ottoman was an artificial language; a mixture of Turkish, Arabic, Persian...So this is not a corruption of Arabic. It is an Ottoman saying!

In addition to all that: the nowadays delight is made from Corn Starch! and from sugar, two basic products which have their origin in America (Central and South). So, how can they have their real origin in Middle East or Europe?

Actually, sugarcane originated in India and New Guinea, from which it spread throughout the Old World long before it ever reached the Americas. As the article itself suggests, however, before granulated sugar was widely used honey from bees and molasses (which can be made from sugarbeets) the were common sweeteners. Also, there are plenty of substitutes for corn starch, white flour being a readily accessible one that is also mentioned in the article. --166.66.116.254 (talk) 00:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In Popular Culture

I think that it is safe to delete this section. Someone already deleted most of it to no objection. The only item that remains is one that begins with a highly doubtful statement "Turkish Delight is probably best known among English speakers as the addictive confection to which Edmund Pevensie succumbs in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis." Oh, so that is how people know about Turkish Delight? Yeah right! Maybe if you are 12. I am only trying to discuss this out of deference to whoever put in a comment to discuss the section before deleting it. Does anyone feel that the previously deleted items should be brought back and the statement that I find dubious should be re-worked, or should we 86 the whole section? Leondegrance

The first sentence could probably be removed. However, the cited reference to its sales subsantially increasing after the release of the film should remain. --Eyrian 17:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I corrected the grammar in the note about the Madonna song but, honestly, there is noting notable about it (or the Powerpuff Girls reference). At least the others are indicative of the association between the sweet and Turkish culture. BarryNorton (talk) 12:52, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Napoleon and Churchill

Any source for that? I don't see how Napoleon could have enjoyed something that was not introduced to Europe until after his death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.132.242.1 (talk) 14:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

State candy of washington

??????? who wrote this? Where did you get this information? And since when did states have official "state candy"? it's not like a bird, flower, or tree. here is the only thing i can find: http://www.allbusiness.com/wholesale-trade/merchant-wholesalers-nondurable/762064-1.html Skiendog (talk) 21:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Turkish Delight was INVENTED by Haci Bekir

The article writes about unconnected sweets which have nothing to do with what the sweet is today.

Original authentic Turkish Delight was a sweet created by Haci Bekir for the Ottoman Sultan, there is no deep conspiracy of millenia's of Turkish Delight history. It is a sweet a few centuries old, invented by Haci Bekir in Istanbul for the Ottoman Sultan. The sweet became sucesfull and popular across the Empire.

As for it being "Persian" origin, is the entire universe of Persian origin...

Torke —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.0.143 (talk) 01:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should be renamed

Shouldn't this article should be renamed either lokum or loukoum? Turkish Delight is a brand name. Davedim (talk) 08:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. It is not just a brand name (of the Cadbury's chocalate bar). It is the generic name for lokum in the English-speaking world. Vauxhall1964 (talk) 23:23, 20 July 2008 (UTC) 199.202.95.19 (talk) 23:49, 30 October 2008 (UTC) In addition to all that: the nowadays delight is made from Corn Starch! and from sugar, two basic products which have their origin in America (Central and South). So, how can they have their real origin in Middle East or Europe?[reply]