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'''Turkish delight''', '''lokum''' or '''rahat lokum''' and many other transliterations (Ottoman Turkish: رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm, Turkish: Lokum or rahat lokum, from colloquial Arabic: راحه الحلقوم rāḥat al-ḥalqūm) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. | [[File:Turkish_Delight.jpg|thumb|Turkish delight.]]'''Turkish delight''', '''lokum''' or '''rahat lokum''' and many other transliterations (Ottoman Turkish: رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm, Turkish: Lokum or rahat lokum, from colloquial Arabic: راحه الحلقوم rāḥat al-ḥalqūm) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. | ||
Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are mostly flavored with rosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange, or lemon. | Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are mostly flavored with rosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange, or lemon. | ||
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The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar, to prevent clinging. | The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar, to prevent clinging. | ||
In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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File:Confiserie_orientale_berlin_lokum_cream_lemon,_lokum.jpg|link=Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|[[Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus]] use this piece of Turkish delight as a [[symbol]] of their [[Crime team (nonfiction)|crime team]]. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Electric S'Mores]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Tar-Baby 9000]] | |||
* [[Turpentine delight]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_delight Turkish delight] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_delight Turkish delight] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Candy (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Food (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Turkey (nation) (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:11, 7 November 2023
Turkish delight, lokum or rahat lokum and many other transliterations (Ottoman Turkish: رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm, Turkish: Lokum or rahat lokum, from colloquial Arabic: راحه الحلقوم rāḥat al-ḥalqūm) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar.
Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are mostly flavored with rosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange, or lemon.
The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar, to prevent clinging.
In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.
In the News
Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus use this piece of Turkish delight as a symbol of their crime team.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Turkish delight @ Wikipedia