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Re: Narnian food!

Post by hobbit_of_narnia » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:02 pm

Eustace mentions it when they're in the tower in LB, and I want to say it shows up a couple of other places...maybe on Coriakin's island in VODT is one of them?
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by ShiofNarnia » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:51 pm

@marmota: Yes, with chocolate! :D In my cookbook, the hot chocolate is under "Drink from Trufflehunter the Badger" and it says that Trufflehunter gave Caspian something sweet and hot to drink. The book is recipes inspired by The Chronicles. :)
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by Benisse » Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:58 pm

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I got to visit Turkey in 2012 and 2014 and enjoyed the multitude of varieties of yummy, chewy, Turkish Delight (rahat lokum) there both times. In the picture I believe the flavor is pistachio (I turned some pieces on their side so you can see what it looks like without the dusting of confectioner's sugar), but there are many, many varieties with different kinds of nuts and colors (e.g., rosewater - pink). In America rahat lokum is sold as Applets & Cotlets and usually has walnuts in it. Not to be promoting sales of this candy, but if you want to get a sample of Applets and Cotlets, you can get a sampling for a nominal fee ($2.95) with no shipping charges. They taste just like what you would get in Turkey (except they are dusted on all sides to avoid sticking).
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by Ariel.of.Narnia » Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:15 pm

I've had Turkish Delight, but never from Turkey! That looks yummy.
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by marmota-b » Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:57 pm

I've never had it, but I once read a blog post by someone who actually made some! Inspired by Narnia. :) I might be able to trace it back eventually...
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by marmota-b » Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:05 pm

Okay, found it, and Ariel approved it: http://teacupsinthegarden.blogspot.cz/2 ... light.html
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by Ariel.of.Narnia » Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:22 am

Looks so yummy! I don't suppose it's as gooey as Edmund's in the movie? (I seriously starting to wonder at the legitimacy of that Turkish Delight, haha.)
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by marmota-b » Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:22 am

To be honest, the whole thing was a revelation for me, because the Czech translation refers to what would probably be called nougat in English! "Turkish honey" in Czech... Cloyingly sweet and sticky, a rare treat because originally usually sold on travelling fairgrounds (so that makes it a once a year occasion); but a very different thing nonetheless.

Which reminds me, I think there are a few other occasions where "cultural translation" shifts the food a little in reader perception. The green / blue cheese was one example, and I seem to recall something similar going on with their dreams of food in Prince Caspian, or maybe the sandwiches in The Last Battle... well, if nothing else, Czech bread is different.
I wonder what English bread looked like in the 1940s, though?
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Re: Narnian food!

Post by Lily of Archenland » Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:52 am

Here we are... I've got us some potential data on bread. ;)

https://the1940sexperiment.com/2009/08/ ... time-loaf/
https://the1940sexperiment.com/2012/01/ ... oda-bread/
https://the1940sexperiment.com/2012/01/ ... -pancakes/
https://the1940sexperiment.com/2012/09/ ... its-93100/
https://the1940sexperiment.com/2013/11/ ... pe-no-129/

http://www.cooksinfo.com/british-wartime-food

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Re: Narnian food!

Post by marmota-b » Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:08 am

Thanks!
Funny how, with the bread, she uses quick-rise yeast and comments it's difficult to get hold of the regular... It's still the other way round here in Czechia - the little almost-cubes are our default. And eggless pancakes...! For some reason, that's the hardest to wrap my mind around.
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