Greek Turkish Delight

linedancer16 | 11:44 Tue 18th Oct 2011 | ChatterBank

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My son bought me some Turkish Delight back from a visit to Athens so most of the labelling is in Greek ( of course!) but I cant decide which flavour it is. Its yellow but not lemon and the box says Maot?ixa( which I think is the flavour.) Anybody have any idea?!

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I've tried translating a few obvious flavours to Greek from English but none really match your description of the word.

Maybe a silly question, but have you tasted it yet?

linedancer16

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I tried looking it up with no success and yes I have tasted it ,thats how I know its not lemon, but I just cant place the flavour!

Calibax

Mαστίχα is a Greek resinous liqueur with a flavour similar to liquorice.
Could this be it?

Calibax

Mastika in English

MarkRae

Presumably, this is actually loukoumi, as "Greek Turkish Delight" is a little difficult to imagine!

It looks like "Mαστίχα", which is (sort of) liquorice...

Meerkatdawg

The only two flavours of turkish delight I've had that were green were mint and pistachio. Not so sure about pistachio but mint would be pretty hard not to notice.

Old_Geezer

It would be Greek Delight, surely ?

linedancer16

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Brilliant! Thank you both. Your Greek letters are exactly how its printed on the box! MarkRae you are right. I call it Turkish Delight (bought in Greece) but on closer examination it does say Greek Loucoums. What is the difference?

MarkRae

> What is the difference?

On the assumption you're not joking, that would be akin to going into a cafe in Glasgow and asking for an English breakfast...

linedancer16

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Ok! I wasnt joking! I just presumed that Turkish Delight was just a general term covering all variations because that was where it originated

MarkRae

In the English-speaking world, perhaps... :-)

I assume you're familiar with the history between Turkey and Greece. In Cyprus, they call it "Cyprus Delight".

linedancer16

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Thanks- I didn't know that. You learn something new every day!

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MarkRae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Greece