{"id":179,"date":"2007-11-04T17:30:19","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T07:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=179"},"modified":"2007-11-04T17:30:19","modified_gmt":"2007-11-04T07:30:19","slug":"turkish-delight-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/turkey\/istanbul-turkey\/turkish-delight-istanbul","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Delight &#8211; Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If ever you need convincing that the Turkish like their sweets, a visit to the Egyptian Spice Market will do the job.\u00a0 Here you&#8217;ll <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/35638-2\/IMG_1857.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\" \/>find all types of dried fruits and sweets, the king of them being <em>lokoum<\/em>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/EgyptianMarket\/IMG_1857.jpg.html\" title=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\">Turkish Delight<\/a>.\u00a0 These heavenly sweets found their way into the Western world in the 19th century.\u00a0 It is believed that a British traveller to Turkey became very fond of the sweet and shipped cases home, calling his cargo Turkish Delight.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/35375-2\/AJP_2190.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Turkish Delight varieties\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Turkish Delight varieties\" \/>I was curious to find out\u00a0the origin of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/EgyptianMarket\/IMG_1856.jpg.html\" title=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\">Turkish Delight <\/a>and a google search threw up a story dating back to Ottoman times.\u00a0\u00a0 It was believed that the sultan so wanted to please his\u00a0many wives and therefore ordered his confectioner to create a unique sweet.\u00a0 Under pressure to create something\u00a0that would please his Sultan, the confectioner blended a concoction of sugar syrup, various flavourings, nuts and dried fruits, then <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/35636-2\/IMG_1856.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\" \/>bound them together with an Arabic gum.\u00a0 After several attempts, this most delectable sweet emerged from the royal kitchens.\u00a0 The Sultan was very pleased with these delicious and mouth-watering little treats that he proclaimed the sweetmaker the court\u2019s chief confectioner!\u00a0 And hence this is the story of how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/EgyptianMarket\/AJP_2190.jpg.html\" title=\"Turkish Delight in the Spice Market\">turkish delight <\/a>came to be created.\u00a0 From there on, a plate of Turkish Delight was served at daily feasts in the Ottoman court. I think this is a great story and I&#8217;m happy to believe it.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/35608-2\/IMG_1842.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Turkish Delight - Viagra flavour\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Turkish Delight - Viagra flavour\" \/>There are so many varieties of Turkish Delight, including pistachio, hazelnut, almond, mint, etc.\u00a0 The lastest addition to this list of varieties includes one called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/EgyptianMarket\/IMG_1842.jpg.html\" title=\"Turkish Delight - Viagra flavour\">Viagra<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 It is believed that Picasso enjoyed Turkish Delight daily to improve his concentration and Napoleon and Winston Churchill relished pistachio filled Turkish Delights.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Delights come in nice boxes and are a great gift for friends or family back home.\u00a0 However, beware that they can add a bit of weight to your luggage.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If ever you need convincing that the Turkish like their sweets, a visit to the Egyptian Spice Market will do the job.\u00a0 Here you&#8217;ll find all types of dried fruits and sweets, the king of them being lokoum, or Turkish Delight.\u00a0 These heavenly sweets found their way into the Western world in the 19th century.\u00a0 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-istanbul-turkey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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