• iheartneopets@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    As an American, I can day it’s definitely not the sweetness to me. I find Turkish delight very sweet, almost too sweet. The texture is mostly what hangs me up, as well as a weird flavor I can’t put my finger on. It reminds me of gum drop candies? Which are the least popular candies by a lot here, as any child on Halloween will tell you lol.

    It may just be one of those locational things where if you didn’t grow up with it, you just don’t like it? Like peanut butter, I’m told.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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        9 months ago

        I dunno… We do have a lot of things with rose water or lavender here. Personally, I don’t like either. It makes the food taste like perfume. But they have to be somewhat popular; they sell frequently enough.

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        If you didn’t grow up with peanut butter, then it looks like diarrhea. The smell is quite strong as well.

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              I’m yet to meet a europe who doesn’t like peanut butter and I live in Sweden, 2 years in a student dorm full of EU citizens and internationals.

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                Interesting! I’m just an insulated American going by what I’ve heard on various reddit forums in the past. Unfortunately I haven’t had the opportunity to meet too many Europeans personally yet :) Redditors are notoriously full of shit, though, so I shouldn’t be surprised.

                Tbh, though, I would understand if someone didn’t like PB; some times I don’t even like it if there’s too much.

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                  I did a bit of searching online and now I’m convinced it’s some kind of American myth, wonder how that started.

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      That flavor is whatever makes fruit cake taste terrible, lemon or orange Turkish Delight is amazing.