Friday, May 23, 2008  Of References and Readers          1.
You've been featured on Five Star Friday:    2. When I was a
child reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I had no
idea what Turkish Delight was. (Actually, I googled it recently,
and still don't have the perfect concept.) But I imagined
something sweet and perfectly wonderful--so wonderful that if I
ever have occasion to taste it I'm sure I'll be disappointed.
3. I was 22 went I went to England for a year and had a minor
freak-out at the newsagent's when I saw Turkish Delight at the
register. I only knew of it through The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe and HAD to try it. Sadly, it was a Cadbury product of
chocolate covered horrible gelatinous mass. It was vile. I
consoled Edmund's obsession with it by reminding myself of some
other British food I think is icky...      But then a few years
ago we went to Istanbul and had a lot of real Turkish Delight.
The first words out of my mouth were "I love my sister, but
she's doomed. I want more."