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| | A morsel of pure pleasure -- lokum - Turkish Daily News Apr 24, 2004 |
 | | Lokum is a sweet whose existence has been known of since at least the 14th century but it became truly famous at the end of the 18th century. |
 | | Although hard and soft candies including lokum were being made and sold in Istanbul as early as the 14th and 15 centuries, Haci Bekir quickly achieved a reputation for making the best candy and his fame reached as far as the sultan's palace. |
 | | The types of lokum are as varied as one can think of -- hazelnuts, almonds, pistachio, walnuts, lemon or orange peel, coconut, carrot, dried apricots, candied cherry, strawberry, spices, rose petal, mint, vanilla, cream and even mastic (a kind of gum which has a mildly addictive quality to it). |
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