Comments on: Items… Of … Interest!

By: Amber de Katt

Amber de Katt — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:35:41 +0000

I BEG your pardon. Funny Cat Videos can be incredibly deep and full of layered insight and hidden meaning.

(hee!)

By: rowmyboat

rowmyboat — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:12:45 +0000

Yuuuuumm, homemade baklava. A college roommate’s mom once brought us over a whole big tray during finals. It was the greatest thing ever.

By: closetpuritan

closetpuritan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:01 +0000

@LilahMorgan: Yeah, it sounds like real-life Turkish Delight isn’t nearly as good as how I imagined it when I read the Narnia books. I thought of it as something chocolately and nutty (maybe coconutty) but also fluffy. Kind of like a Ferrero Rocher truffle (although I did not know what those were at the time), but better.

I like the fictional Turkish Delight with the baklava and the belly dancing better.

My boyfriend’s brother married an Armenian in October, and this meant that I got to eat homemade baklava. And “beef sushi”… and and and… Lots of good food there.

By: hsofia

hsofia — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:03:41 +0000

Ick … don’t like Turkish Delights. Too sweet, sticky, perfumed, and featuring colors not found in nature.

By: fguhhn

fguhhn — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:36:35 +0000

I have a brilliant solution to all airline security woes-everyone flies naked. You also have to be subjected to a full cavity search. No carry on luggage.

Or we could just work on a sensible foreign policy.

By: rowmyboat

rowmyboat — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:01:53 +0000

I always imagained Turkish Delight as somewhere between a marshmallow and a jellybean. Sort of like the stuff inside a 3 Musketeers bar, except fruit flavored.

By: LilahMorgan

LilahMorgan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:46 +0000

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe would have been a very different book (in a good way) if the White Witch had been handing out bellydancing boyfriends. :-)

(Turkish Delight is a gummy candy — often pistachio or rose flavored — that always sounds better than it actually tastes to me. When I read the Narnia books as a kid I imagined it as some kind of really delectable, nut-covered fudge.)

By: Tessie

Tessie — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:10:06 +0000

@Starling:

At the moment, I have neither a boyfriend nor baklava : – (
That’s just my best guess as to what Turkish Delight is.

By: Starling

Starling — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:22:06 +0000

Tessie–
Re: Turkish Delight, I wish I had a boyfriend who would belly-dance for me. I am full of jealousy.

By: Other Becky

Other Becky — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:00:59 +0000

@closetpuritan: Abso-fucking-lutely. I’m much more interested in the clothes — the gorgeous half-naked fat women don’t actually float my boat, but I was definitely having an “ooh, where can I get those jeans?” moment. The reason I like “plus-sized” fashion spreads is that I can get an idea of what an outfit might look like on me. That was one of the things I adored about Mode, back in the day: I didn’t have to wonder “but what will those clothes look like on my hips?”