I&#x27;m Asian American and grew up eating and enjoying a ton of weird shit including rotten fish, pork blood, durian, etc, but even I encountered the same feeling of disappointment after tasting my first Turkish delight. Like the OP, I had imagined this amazing treat in my head after reading those books and seeing those movies&#x2F;cartoons as a child. It&#x27;s definitely an acquired taste that I eventually learned to like after finally finding a flavor I enjoyed (pistachio). Most of them taste like powdery gummy perfume.<p>You can&#x27;t simply blame &quot;uncultured Whities&quot;. An analogous &quot;weird&quot; flavor in the West is licorice. I just don&#x27;t get it.