Big Turk

This week, I received a package from one of my favorite Canadian bloggers, Gwen from “Kill the body and the head will die“. In her enclosed letter, she said that she thought I might enjoy this different type of Turkish Delight. Crazy Canadian!

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56 Responses to Big Turk

  1. Amanda
    Twitter:
    says:

    Ir might not smell like poop, but slap a hat on it and you have a dead ringer for mr. hankey

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  2. Michael says:

    In the UK it is more square, less poop looking, but much the same otherwise, yum.

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  3. Mary says:

    I saw the fear. Should’ve stopped reading right there.
    I don’t know who’s a bigger idiot… oh yeah, I do.

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  4. Gwen says:

    Yay! It got there okay! And I’m the favourite! (You forgot to mention that I sent you other, far more awesome chocolate to make up for the Big Turk. Because I’m a fucking sweetheart.) How was the curly wurly by the way?

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  5. Peggy says:

    You need to hire an assistant to taste this shit for your first. :cock:

    How is that smiley a cock? Does your cock look like that because none that I’ve seen do. I’m a little scared now.

    Don’t answer that.

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  6. DaDuck says:

    ooh…How about a favourite Swedish treat? lol I will get that out to you when I get my Gilmore boxset money for school.

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  7. Gwen says:

    I love that this has turned into “Send Adam random weird shit and watch him eat it”!

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  8. Aunt Robin says:

    Adam, nice job finding a map of Canada in French!

    Gwen, hurry! Send him some Poutine, and he’ll be yours forever! :)

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  9. Mr. Fabulous says:

    She sends you stuff? All I get from Gwen is offers to fuck me.

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  10. NYCWD
    Twitter:
    says:

    I think the chocolate would balance out the jelly stuff.

    Guess not.

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  11. hellohahanarf says:

    fuckers. those manufacturers are screwing with my childhood image of turkish delight. make them stop!

    i think i am now scarred.

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  12. hellohahanarf says:

    hey, my little canadian gnome showed up here! (yay, jester, for setting my ass straight!!) guillermo keeps me from drinking alone on my back porch. now he can keep me company on your blog.

    damn, i have issues.

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  13. Trish says:

    This is going to be fun. To see all the strange things you get now to taste.

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  14. Miss Britt says:

    Hm. Even my presents are cooler than yours.

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  15. Luaren says:

    “Turkish Delight” my ass. Now if it were some code name like a “Happy Ending”, it would be different. I say we kill the fuckers for false advertising.

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  16. Lisa says:

    The only thing I can say is…ewwwww.

    Ewwwww.

    Chocolate…with jelly?

    Ewwwww.

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  17. You were brave. Too bad it was nasty.

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  18. Avitable says:

    Amanda, I know!

    Michael, yum?

    Aargh, mmm mmm blargh.

    Beth, exactly.

    Mary, well, it ain’t me!

    Gwen, that’s true. You did send other candy. The Curly Wurly was okay. The Creamy Fudge was my favorite, probably.

    Peggy, only when I put sunglasses on it.

    DaDuck, is Swedish food actually edible?

    Gwen, maybe we should make that a regular feature.

    Robin, it’s from 1845, too.

    Mr. Fabulous, clearly, I’m the favored one.

    NYCWD, no it just hides it until one shattering moment.

    Hello, I like your new avatar.

    Trish, yeah, this could be a good feature!

    Britt, no they’re not. Except the one I got you.

    Luaren, apparently, it is a code name. For crappy food!

    Lisa, not just jelly. Thick, unpalatable jelly!

    TMP, I took one for the team.

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  19. DaDuck says:

    yes, yes it is. You may not like what I send…*evil mastermind grin* but it is edible.

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  20. DaDuck says:

    btw, are allergic to anything?

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  21. Robin
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    says:

    That is creepy, I don’t like stuff hidden in my candy.

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  22. Crys says:

    ew. poop with jelly in it. EW.

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  23. Avitable says:

    DaDuck, no allergies, nope!

    Robin, not even razor blades? Those are my favorite.

    Crystal, yet it sounds so appetizing!

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  24. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck…. just ’cause it’s coated in chocolate doesn’t mean it won’t taste like shit! :-)

    Some lessons are just harder to learn that others.

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  25. hellohahanarf says:

    coal miner’s granddaughter owes me a new keyboard! HILL-arious.

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  26. Gladly! To what address to I send this keyboard? Hee hee!

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  27. I always wondered what Turkish Delight is.

    Now I know. Slice a turd in half. Note the contents of your turd. Compare to Turkish Delight.

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  28. Robin
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    says:

    Well ok, those are fun but only for special occasions.

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  29. Amy says:

    Wow. So I guess you can’t cover everything in chocolate and make the nasty go away.

    Strange. That was a fantasy I held for years and years and years… and years…

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  30. Poppy says:

    Did you just call yourself a big Turk? *giggle*

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  31. Jay
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    says:

    HA! So you are not completely politically aligned with the Kurds in your opposition to Turkey.

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  32. Kris says:

    Dude, there is now way that you’re only 30? Come on tell the truth, 35? 37?

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  33. RW says:

    Your map is from when Texas was an independent country.

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  34. Michael says:

    So I like Turkish Delight!

    Maybe I should send you a can of Spotted Dick to try.

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  35. Avitable says:

    CMG, I’ll still try it, especially if it’s coated in chocolate.

    Hello, you should know better than to drink anything while reading my blog and the subsequent comments.

    Absurdist, exactly!

    Robin, like church bake-offs and stuff.

    Amy, me too!

    Poppy, I did? How?

    Jay, kurds or turds?

    Kris, well, my balls look 37, but that’s mainly because of the wrinkles. Yeah, I’m fucking 30.

    Lynda, no, it’s this jelly-like substance that tastes like old playdoh.

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  36. AWESOME! I always said we should secede again!

    The Absurdist, Dallas, TX

    And proud to be a native Texan…

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  37. Poppy says:

    Post title: BIG TURK.

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  38. Avitable says:

    RW, yeah, it’s from 1845.

    Michael, I’ve heard that’s horrible!

    Absurdist, please do – the rest of us don’t want Texas either!

    Poppy, that’s the name of the candy.

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  39. Poppy says:

    Do you think I’m a retard?

    I was making a joke.

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  40. Avitable says:

    I think you’ve been hitting the cold medicine a bit too much!

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  41. Poppy says:

    I think you just don’t “get” me. I have absolutely no cold meds in my bod.

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  42. Melanie says:

    Ha! Rarely do I laugh out loud at people’s posts, but you got me, Adam. I had to share it with a coworker even.
    I’ve never tried Turkish Delight… I don’t think I’d ever seen it before. I had this mental picture of some kind of whipped foam-type candy, and now I must adjust my thinking. Never will I try this stuff. It even looks like ass.

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  43. jasmine says:

    Seriously? You guys don’t have Big Turks in the US&A? They’re so good – and low fat – and they make you giggle as you’re eating them cus they look like chocolate covered curvy logs.

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  44. Sybil Law says:

    I am seriously going to have to send you some Graeter’s ice cream. The price, though, is outrageous! Hmm… how would you send some ice cream through the mail, thereby skipping the actual company’s methods? Does that make sense?
    You would love it. Do you have a favorite flavor?
    Oh – and there’s a reason the turkish aren’t internationally known for their cuisine. Ha -maybe it should be called “toches” or “tuckus” delight.

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  45. bobgirrl says:

    Now, if there were BACON in that thing it’d be an entirely different story!

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  46. MyWeeWorld says:

    So really the moral of the story seems to be that you’ll put anything in your mouth.

    Also, a question about the smilies – why isn’t the one that’s going down on the other swallowing? What a wuss.

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  47. sourpuss says:

    Ugh. Big Turk was gross when I was a kid, I imagine it’s gotten worse over the years. Just like pixie sticks or lik-a-maid.

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  48. Poppy says:

    *blink blink*

    Lik… a… maid?

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  49. Avitable says:

    Poppy, except for your brain.

    Mel, that’s how I pictured it too!

    Jasmine, maybe in the states up there so far North that they might as well be Canada, but not here.

    Sybil, I’m a fan of chocolate. And I have no idea about properly shipping ice cream.

    Bobgirrl, even the wonders of bacon couldn’t fix this one.

    MyWeeWorld, pretty much.

    Sourpuss, pixie sticks are good!

    Poppy, yeah, those candy sticks that you would lick, then put into the packets of sugar and suck the sugar off.

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  50. sourpuss says:

    Yeah, Poppy! Get your mind out of the gutter & learn to use Google! hehehehe

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  51. Poppy says:

    I assure you, I know how to google. I just like it better when people tell me stuff sometimes. And, … I also liked pointing out how obscene that candy sounds. Not that the US has a better name for it (dip sticks, n’est-ce pas?)

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  52. Avitable says:

    Sourpuss, although, the idea of a “lick a maid” is strangely appealing.

    Poppy, it’s called Lik-a-maid here in the US, too, in some places.

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