The Foodie-file: Big Turk
I was just reading the February issue of Saveur magazine and Canada has received kudos in their top 100 foodie things not once but twice! The first mention goes to the chefs of Montreal who are admired for their emphasis on great food over hype. I think this also speaks to a population who demand and appreciate great food over a million-dollar front of house.
The second kudos goes to goes the Nestle Canada’s chocolate bar Big Turk. I was thrilled with the entry even through it probably has been 25 years since I had one – I have to admit that as a child I loved The Big Turk. My Father owned a grocery store and occasionally we would be allowed to choose a treat from the chocolate bar shelf, my choice was always a Big Turk. I thought it was terribly exotic and I loved the flavour of the gooey rosewater centre combined with chocolate. The smell of it was magical as well – I thought that if the colour purple had a smell it would smell like a Big Turk. Occasionally I will get a whiff of that unidentifiable purple smell and it reminds me of childhood pleasures. There is also this guy that I sometimes date that friends of mine have nicknamed after this chocolate bar – so reading Saveur today has put me in mind of all types of pleasures!
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I LOVED the Big Turk! The chocolate bar that is, not your “sometimes date” haha. Someone told me that Bulk Barn sells chocolate covered jujubes… I wonder if they’d be similar?
I don’t know Julie, they have to have that smell and gooey-ness. But if you give it a whirl let me know, the Big Turk is hard to come by! (the chocolate bar that is, not the sometime’s date)
OK, I have to speak up! The Big Turk is one of best bars going. I have loved it ever since I was a child and could pick out a chocolate bar for dessert after chinese food at The Commodore Restaurant in downtown Stratford. Love that bar. And at 4 grams of fat, it now shares the lofty position of top of the candy bar pole with Pep, also 4 gams of fat and a challenge to eat every time!
Well I can honestly say that chocolate covered jujubes just aren’t the same as a Big Turk.
We have a candy machine at work, and when Big Turk is put in the bars go quickly! The younger staff don’t know of the fantatic gooey center and the creamy coating. I feel the Big Turk lovers are
educating the youth of today!
I used to love Big Turk when I was a kid. You hardly see them on the shelves anymore, but the last time I did, they didn’t seem so big.