Liquorice, do you like it?

[Azalea]

And with that I mean the black European kind, not those strange red things they sell in the US. How dare they call those things liquorice? :confused: Anyway, liquorice has always been my favourite candy ever since I was little. I used to prefer the super duper ultra salty ones, but now I like the slightly salty liquorice more. Especially these liquorice toffees :heartbea::


http://www.hetzoethoudertje.nl/images/2205_drop_toffee.gif

These are sooo good! You should definitely try them out when you are in the Netherlands!! Liquorice toffee is my ultimate guilty pleassure! But.. I ones tried English/Brittish liquorice toffees and they were quite dissapointing. They were black, smelled like liquorice and vaguely also tasted like it, but the overal taste was quite dissapointing and bland. I noticed that most English liquorice was like this.. I used to think liquorice was a Pan-European thing but it seems like only the Netherlands, Scandinavia/Finland and Germany to a certain degree appreciate 'real' liquorice.

So how about you and your country? Do you like it and/or is it commonly consumed in your culture?

[armenianbodyhair]

I've got to be in the mood for it

[Mark]

I like licorice flavored things but don't really eat much of the standard stick type licorice.

[Hadouken]

as a child and teen I hated it

now I like it

dont know why

[Linet]

Νοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοο οοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοο http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/fear/t3610.gif
I tried this summer :puppy_dp: .....it was horrible :sweat:.....spare me this torture :help:

[Catkin]

Nooo, not the Brit type nor the European type, nor any liquorice flavoured things.

[Azalea]

I like licorice flavored things but don't really eat much of the standard stick type licorice.

You are from the US, I wonder if you have ever tasted European liquorice and know what we are talking about? :P I have tried US liquorice, those red and black sticks and also some other liquorice flavoured candy and It was super weird and very different from the liquorice here. It was sweet, but with only a very vague liquorice taste/smell. You can't really compare it with the candy here..

[Rudel]

Only liquorice wood, actually. Can't stand the candies.

[Mark]

You are from the US, I wonder if you have ever tasted European liquorice and know what we are talking about? :P I have tried US liquorice, those red and black sticks and also some other liquorice flavoured candy and It was super weird and very different from the liquorice here. It was sweet, but with only a very vague liquorice taste/smell. You can't really compare it with the candy here..

I wasn't comparing it and I happen to agree that the European variety is more along my style but I don't eat much of it either.

[Graus]

I actually like them, both the very strong ones as well as those combined with other sweets like wine gums. Its tasty

[Azalea]

I tried these liquorice macarons a while ago and I've been obsessed with them ever since. I am gonna try baking them myself tomorrow. :cheer_icoon:


https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14274122283_98c9f3a74f.jpg

[Azalea]

Νοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοο οοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοοο http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/fear/t3610.gif
I tried this summer :puppy_dp: .....it was horrible :sweat:.....spare me this torture :help:

My family in Turkey reacts the same when they try it. I really don't get how people don't like this candy..

[Dictator]

It looks unhealthy and overly sweet. Judging by the looks of it I wouldn't eat.

[Azalea]

It looks unhealthy and overly sweet. Judging by the looks of it I wouldn't eat.

It's candy, candy is rarely healthy. But how do you know it's overly sweet when you haven't tasted it (I am assuming you didn't)?

Ooh oops, I misread your post. You meant that it looks overly sweet, of course. Well liquorice has a unique taste. It's not only sweet but also salty..

[Dictator]

It's candy, candy is rarely healthy. But how do you know it's overly sweet when you haven't tasted it (I am assuming you didn't)?

Because it looks very artificial. Also, it has Glycyrrhizin. Things that are too sweet give me migraine.

[Azalea]

Because it looks very artificial. Also, it has Glycyrrhizin. Things that are too sweet give me migraine.

Liquorice isn't more artificial than other candy types..

[Kazimiera]

LOVE it!

My favourite are the salty herrings.

http://www.licoriceinternational.com/licorice/pc/catalog/ge07p_900_general.jpg

http://www.gourvita.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_2019.jpg

[Azalea]

LOVE it!

My favourite are the salty herrings.

http://www.licoriceinternational.com/licorice/pc/catalog/ge07p_900_general.jpg

[img]http://www.gourvita.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_2019.jpg[img]

Yeahhh those are great tooo! You've got taste, Kazi!

[Dictator]

Liquorice isn't more artificial than other candy types..

I know. That's why I don't eat those kind of sweets. I prefer things that are direct from the fruit, like homemade passion fruit mousse.

[Linet]

My family in Turkey reacts the same when they try it. I really don't get how people don't like this candy..

Caaaaandy? :candy2
Thats a torture from hell....:Bondage1:
it was summer :sunny:....Santorini....they were Germans at the beatch :viking ....they had some sweets at bear shape....they told me is lakritz, but is mild, for kids :propeller: and to try.....i didnt know :puppy_dp: ...i was innocent :angel: ....i took one.....
How could they do that to a defenceless girl :cry2: ? How could they?????? :shakefist ...What did i ever do to theeeeem? :angry:

[Azalea]

And you tried the mild one? Haha I wonder what whould have happened if you had tried the really salty ones. :P

[Kazimiera]

I also like the Katzenpfötchen Lakritze but it is sweet. I prefer the herrings. The overpowering taste. It grabs you by the balls!

https://suess-versand.com/sweets///master/product/1/katzenpfoten260.jpg

http://www.naschplatz.de/images/product_images/popup_images/316_0_katjes_katzen_pfoetchen.jpg

[Linet]

And you tried the mild one? Haha I wonder what whould have happened if you had tried the really salty ones. :P

I would move to South pole :snow: with the penguins http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/animal/m0208.gif where no lakritz or lakritz eating people are around and live in an igloo http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/167/5/c/igloo_by_synfull-d692lvp.png

[Kiyant]

I also like the Katzenpfötchen Lakritze but it is sweet. I prefer the herrings. The overpowering taste. It grabs you by the balls!

https://suess-versand.com/sweets///master/product/1/katzenpfoten260.jpg

http://www.naschplatz.de/images/product_images/popup_images/316_0_katjes_katzen_pfoetchen.jpg

Those ones are the bane of my existence ...........

[Azalea]

I also like the Katzenpfötchen Lakritze but it is sweet. I prefer the herrings.

[img]https://suess-versand.com/sweets///master/product/1/katzenpfoten260.jpg[img]

[img]http://www.naschplatz.de/images/product_images/popup_images/316_0_katjes_katzen_pfoetchen.jpg

We have the same exact brand and type of liquorice here also. These ones we call 'drop kokindjes'. I am not a big fan of the kokindjes though, they make me nauseous for some reason..

[Linet]

I also like the Katzenpfötchen Lakritze but it is sweet. I prefer the herrings. The overpowering taste. It grabs you by the balls!

https://suess-versand.com/sweets///master/product/1/katzenpfoten260.jpg

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:1099: Go away child of lakritz http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/agressive/t0139.gif

[oh-nahhh]

It's something that I can appreciate.

[Kazimiera]

I would move to South pole :snow: with the penguins http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/animal/m0208.gif where no lakritz or lakritz eating people are around and live in an igloo http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/167/5/c/igloo_by_synfull-d692lvp.png

I'm sure we can arrange for some to be hand-delivered to your igloo door. :lol:

[Dictator]

And you tried the mild one? Haha I wonder what whould have happened if you had tried the really salty ones. :P

This is how my mom's Passion fruit mousse with Unsweetened chocolate mousse looks like.

http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u551/jodaro1/asas_zps5d9c1124.png
Don't mind the looks of the place, we were at our beach house. :lol:

[Azalea]

Looks good, Carlos. But it's a complete different type of sweet haha. :D

[Dictator]

Looks good, Carlos. But it's a complete different type of sweet haha. :D

Still sweet. =p

[Linet]

I'm sure we can arrange for some to be hand-delivered to your igloo door. :lol:

Thats casus belli http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/rtfm/t2419.gif..... You shall not pass!!!! http://yoursmiles.org/hsmile/lordoftherings/h14053.gif

[Kazimiera]

We have the same exact brand and type of liquorice here also. These ones we call 'drop kokindjes'. I am not a big fan of the kokindjes though, they make me nauseous for some reason..

I wouldn't say they make me nauseous, but I do feel a little queasy after having them. I don't get the same with the herrings. Those I can eat by the bucketload. I went through this crazy liquorice phase where I was eating a packet of herrings each day for over a month.

[Azalea]

I wouldn't say they make me nauseous, but I do feel a little queasy after having them. I don't get the same with the herrings. Those I can eat by the bucketload. I went through this crazy liquorice phase where I was eating a packet of herrings each day for over a month.

Yeah same here, I can eat a lot of those herrings without a problem, but the kokindjes? Meh. Perhaps it's the molasses taste in the kokindjes? I am not a big fan of molasses taste in liquorice, I like a more clear liquorice taste if you get what I mean.

Though, I do like these a lot:

http://www.itsalldutchtome.com.au/images/87.jpg

They are serious business though, not meant for people who dislike liquorice. :lol: I ones gave them to a Hungarian co-worker of mine and for a minute I thought she was gonna kill me. :lol:

[LightHouse89]

no hate it. old people candy.

[Azalea]

no hate it. old people candy.

huh? :confused:

[rhiannon]

No. It makes me gag.

[CordedWhelp]

Only kind of...no strong feelings either way. Kind of have to be in the mood for it, though.

[Äijä]

Love it, best candy there is.

[1stLightHorse]

as a child and teen I hated it

now I like it

dont know why

Me too. Couldn't stand it as a kid but now actually like it.

[Aurora]

I hate liquorice.

[Fortis in Arduis]

Liquorice is a man thing, mostly.

[Hithaeglir]

Ate that once,spitted it after a second.So no ! ewww!

[Caismeachd]

I don't like licorice very much but I do find terva leijona to be oddly addictive. It's a tar licorice.

If you've ever used coal tar before, it tastes like how that feels. A cold tarry taste mixed with licorice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terva_Leijona

[Dombra]

I worship liquorice of all kinds! :love0016:

[Azalea]

Liquorice is a man thing, mostly.

I am sorry but this is ridicilous. Liquorice is one of Netherlands most popular candies but I have never heard anyone saying it's a man thing (or anything remotely similar).

I am also sure people in Scandinavia think the same..

[Fortis in Arduis]

I am sorry but this is ridicilous. Liquorice is one of Netherlands most popular candies but I have never heard anyone saying it's a man thing (or anything remotely similar).

I am also sure people in Scandinavia think the same..

Sure, that is what I would have thought, but look at who mostly dislikes liquorice on this thread. It is the girls. :shrug:

[Dandelion]

huh? :confused:

Perhaps he meant 'old world candy'. ;)

[Azalea]

Fortis, the woman in this thread who dislike liquorice are mostly from outside the countries where liquorice is popular, the men who like it on the other hand are mostly from Northern/Western Europe.

Seriously though, if you would say that liquorice is a 'man thing' here in NL, people would look at you in a really strange way..

[Dandelion]

Please send this woman some of the best 'drop uit Nederland'. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqbfYjQmf9nLQPMxVgPhiA

[Furnace]

I like it.

[Azalea]

Please send this woman some of the best 'drop uit Nederland'. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqbfYjQmf9nLQPMxVgPhiA

I've seen her videos before and there are a few about Dutch candy.. The strange thing is that nobody send her liquorice? Weird ha?

[Dandelion]

I've seen her videos before and there are a few about Dutch candy.. The strange thing is that nobody send her liquorice? Weird ha?

Apparently someone already has


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iqT69EXr2E&

The thumbnail shows salt and salmiak. Oh dear, I doubt she'll like that one. ;)

[Dandelion]

I might send her cuberdons, but the gellatinous inside crystalises three weeks after production. I doubt she'd get to eat those in time (reason Belgium doesn't export them). It's not liquorice, though, but gum arabic.

http://www.visitflanders.co.uk/binaries/Cuberdon1.jpg

[Furnace]

I like Turkish Pepper, Finnish-made hard liquorice.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-00lZy0VuP7U/Usl-qFEGpvI/AAAAAAAADO0/YDH6gbatrX0/s1600/PA170724.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Pepper

[Dandelion]

I like Turkish Pepper, Finnish-made hard liquorice.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-00lZy0VuP7U/Usl-qFEGpvI/AAAAAAAADO0/YDH6gbatrX0/s1600/PA170724.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Pepper

When one says liquorice and Finland one must talk about liquorice pipes. Not going link a video about those, though. ;)

https://www.sweets-online.com/images/produkte/i10/105350.jpg

[Furnace]

One one says liquorice and Finland one must talk about liquorice pipes. Not going link a video about those, though. ;)

Lakupiippu!

[Azalea]

Danielion, those look interesting. Never had or seen them before.

And Furnace I like Turkish pepper also!!

[Dandelion]

Danielion, those look interesting. Never had or seen them before.


Next time you visit Belgium, you should definitely try them. When I first tried them I got completely surprised by the liquid/gelatinous inside, which I didn't expect. But when I tried a second and third one I got to like them.

[Beit El]

Nothing beats the sour-salty taste of Boerderijdrop;

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MrerEF2PHYA/T0PtKBGixlI/AAAAAAAAJow/lDsKlF23BVU/s1600/Boerderijdrop%2Bzakje.JPG

[Fear Fiain]

You are from the US, I wonder if you have ever tasted European liquorice and know what we are talking about? :P I have tried US liquorice, those red and black sticks and also some other liquorice flavoured candy and It was super weird and very different from the liquorice here. It was sweet, but with only a very vague liquorice taste/smell. You can't really compare it with the candy here..

german liquorice is good. :D

[Han Cholo]

Either I've never tasted it, or we call it differently.

[Vorpal]

Nah.

[Caismeachd]

Licorice with ammonium chloride does taste a bit better than the American sort of licorice. I wouldn't want to eat it very often though.

This thread has inspired me to order some Finnish Tar Licorice.

http://www.majlov.se/wp-content/upLoad/20110828-064004.jpg

[portusaus]

I love Aussie liquorice.

[Cleitus]

I hate it, it also reduces the Testosteron level.

[Azalea]

Licorice with ammonium chloride does taste a bit better than the American sort of licorice. I wouldn't want to eat it very often though.

This thread has inspired me to order some Finnish Tar Licorice.

http://www.majlov.se/wp-content/upLoad/20110828-064004.jpg

Those are the best!

[Unome]

Well I like liquor. :guinness:

And I like ice. :snow:

Therefore by implication I must like liquorice… :icon_ask:

[Caismeachd]

Anyone from Finland want to ship me some Tervaleijona? I can send you British candy or whatever if you're interested. I can't find it to buy online.

[Graham]

Either I've never tasted it, or we call it differently.

Think sambuca.

[Manifest Destiny]

Red licorice is awesome.

Black licorice is disgusting.

[Dandelion]

I didn't know this was also liquorice.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Licorice.jpg

But apparently it is. I prefer the black variant though.

[Manifest Destiny]

I didn't know this was also liquorice.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Licorice.jpg

But apparently it is. I prefer the black variant though.

That looks like a bag of assholes.

[Dandelion]

The gayman thanked your post, so there must be some truth in it.

[Azalea]

So I've been looking online for some liquorice toffee recipes and came across a few American ones. The strange thing is, they make toffee with anise extract or flavour, add some black food coloring and call it liquorice? Anise, although somewhat similar to liquorice, is not liquorice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwyrSyzbM-Q

And then this Aussie video. Same thing. Adding anise (anus? lol) extract and calling it liquorice. And liquorice expensive, really? I am starting to think that some of these New Worlders in this thread never actually had real liquorice. 8)

[King Claus]

It's so fuqing disgusting :/

It's purpose was to make something "nice"for poor people.. Obviously something else than good quality candy.

[Annihilus]

It's so fuqing disgusting :/

It's purpose was to make something "nice"for poor people.. Obviously something else than good quality candy.

Sorry but if you don't like liquorice (drop) you can't possible be Dutch. Remove flag pls.

[Azalea]

It's so fuqing disgusting :/

It's purpose was to make something "nice"for poor people.. Obviously something else than good quality candy.
Wow, Dutch people must be the poorest people on the planet then, since no other country consumes as much liquorice as the Netherlands.

[King Claus]

Sorry but if you don't like liquorice (drop) you can't possible be Dutch. Remove flag pls.
And you have turkic ancestry.

[Annihilus]

And you have turkic ancestry.

yeah but I like drop:p

[Azalea]

yeah but I like drop:p

High five bro.

[Ice]

I hate it. Gimme napoleons.

http://www.adifo.be/sites/default/files/imagecache/img_medium/news/Napoleon-zuurtjes.jpg

[Azalea]

I hate it. Gimme napoleons.

http://www.adifo.be/sites/default/files/imagecache/img_medium/news/Napoleon-zuurtjes.jpg

Belg, please. Go eat your waffles.

[Annihilus]

High five bro.

Hoog laag en mid zus:D

[Ice]

Belg, please. Go eat your waffles.

http://www.annekeszoetwaren.nl/data/articles/images/big/b_199.jpg

lekker

[Farah]

Seems like it would be shocking for the taste buds of a Middle Easterner. :fwhat:

[Azalea]

[IMG]http://www.annekeszoetwaren.nl/data/articles/images/big/b_199.jpg[IMG]

lekker
Haters gonna hate

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2925/14339256906_09bc45d056.jpg

[Dandelion]

Belg, please. Go eat your waffles.

Don't mind if I do.

http://www.ameelcandyworld.be/images/IMG/catalog.ashx?url=~//images/XML/print/31871.jpg

(always a welcoming extra before lunch break)

Even though I prefer them like this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Gaufre_liege.jpg

[Kazimiera]

I love Lakrize in all its forms!

http://www.worldofsweets.de/out/pictures/master/product/1/haribo-lakritz-baerte-dose.jpg

https://www.baeren-company.de/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/390x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/1/1/110206198_lakritz_baeren.jpg

https://www.sweets-online.com/images/produkte/i29/2991-Haribo-Lakritz-Schnecken--Rotella--Lakritz--150-S_1.jpg

http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=NlmICvFr9w65NM&tbnid=HT03rNBaTUS2jM:&ved=0CAgQjRw4GA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maedchen.de%2Fforum%2Fessen-trinken%2F98290-zeigt-her-was-ihr-jetzt-gerne-essen-trinken-wuerdet-339.html&ei=0EiSU-emAYH27AbSpoGADQ&psig=AFQjCNH1KSBcNPF-gMj6xjo0CrY_SbGY6A&ust=1402182224091446

http://www.naschplatz.de/images/product_images/popup_images/718_0_red_band_lakritz_clowns.jpg

http://www.canea.de/joomla/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Lakritz_Fliesen__4d91d7ccdf0e1.jpg

http://www.mysuesswaren.com/images/product_images/popup_images/208_0_Lakritz_Salmiak_Stangen.jpg

https://www.sweets-online.com/images/produkte/5210---1.jpg

[Dandelion]

Seems like it would be shocking for the taste buds of a Middle Easterner. :fwhat:

I think you'd enjoy these

http://www.lakkerantwerp.be/images/roodthooft_mokatine.jpg

Yeah, I know Moors aren't Levantine nor Middle Eastern. :p

[Ice]

Haters gonna hate

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2925/14339256906_09bc45d056.jpg

True, i'll never eat that shit.

[Ice]

I think you'd enjoy these

http://www.lakkerantwerp.be/images/roodthooft_mokatine.jpg

Yeah, I know Moors aren't Levantine nor Middle Eastern. :p

Another quality stuff. This is actually better than real coffee.

[Annihilus]

I don't know if it was mentioned in here but an Italian study showed that eating liquorice lowered testosterone levels in males. Ofc being turkic for me it is only a mild sedative;)

[Dandelion]

I don't know if it was mentioned in here but an Italian study showed that eating liquorice lowered testosterone levels in males. Ofc being turkic for me it is only a mild sedative;)

Turkics might get a normal libido then for a change. ;)

[Azalea]

True, i'll never eat that shit.
How populair is liquorice in Belgium? I remember the Belgian user Bittereinder from ABF also hating it. :(

[Ice]

Don't mind if I do.

http://www.ameelcandyworld.be/images/IMG/catalog.ashx?url=~//images/XML/print/31871.jpg

(always a welcoming extra before lunch break)

Even though I prefer them like this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Gaufre_liege.jpg

They smell good and thats all..

I prefer this
http://www.chocolates-leonidas.com/out/pictures/master/product/1/boite-metal-carree-garnie(1).jpg

[Dandelion]

How populair is liquorice in Belgium? I remember the Belgian user Bittereinder from ABF also hating it. :(

I like liquorice, but only the sweet variant. The ones with salt and salmiak I find hard to swallow.

[Annihilus]

Turkics might get a normal libido then for a change. ;)

That doesn't make sense but lol anyway:D

[Dandelion]

That doesn't make sense but lol anyway:D

Yeah, no self-respecting male would want a lower sex drive. Still thought it'd be funny.

[Azalea]

I like liquorice, but only the sweet variant. The ones with salt and salmiak I find hard to swallow.

But does Belgium have a 'liquorice eating culture' like here in NL I wonder?

[Ice]

How populair is liquorice in Belgium? I remember the Belgian user Bittereinder from ABF also hating it. :(

Only old people eat that thing, and some marginal people.. Yet, they sell it everywhere, so people must buy it.

[Dandelion]

But does Belgium have a 'liquorice eating culture' like here in NL I wonder?

Far less so. It's just available here in many variants (no idea how big the variety is though). However, we have the stereotype about Dutch people that they eat liquorice by the tons. :) That alone says enough I think.

[Farah]

I think you'd enjoy these

http://www.lakkerantwerp.be/images/roodthooft_mokatine.jpg

Yeah, I know Moors aren't Levantine nor Middle Eastern. :p

Man, childhood memories! We have its equivalent in the region, originally from Indonesia:
http://www.sixthseal.com/archive/October2004/kopiko_packet.jpg

Liquorice looks intimidating, kudos to you guys for gorging on it. :) As Arabs we are used to indulging in extreme sweetness so this liquorice business is like the other end of the spectrum!

[Annihilus]

Yeah, no self-respecting male would want a lower sex drive. Still thought it'd be funny.

Sometimes it is necessary, but no sweet can do that for you, it is all controlled by your mind, right?

[Azalea]

Man, childhood memories! We have its equivalent in the region, originally from Indonesia:
http://www.sixthseal.com/archive/October2004/kopiko_packet.jpg

Liquorice looks intimidating, kudos to you guys for gorging on it. :) As Arabs we are used to indulging in extreme sweetness so this liquorice business is like the other end of the spectrum!
They sell these here also!

But I don't like them, even though I do like coffee and coffee flavoured things a lot.

[Dandelion]

They sell these here also!

But I don't like them, even though I do like coffee and coffee flavoured things a lot.

About that I think ice cream-wise, mocha is the best.

[Azalea]

When kids in Turkey want to sip from their parents' coffee, Turkish parents usually tell them that if they drink coffee, they will turn black. My mother on the other hand used to tell me that I would turn black if I kept eating all that liquorice. I knew she didn't mean that in a good way but I didn't get why (thought it was pretty coool to turn black) So I kept eating my licorice while eagerly waiting for the transformation to happen. :D

[Ice]

They sell these here also!

But I don't like them, even though I do like coffee and coffee flavoured things a lot.

http://img1.targetimg1.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/12/94/12942632_201307031350.jpg

aanrader

[Azalea]

http://img1.targetimg1.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/12/94/12942632_201307031350.jpg

aanrader
I have these here also, but the ones with a hard shell and a soft caramel filling. You should try those, really good!

[Graus]

Keep your heathen treats out of this thread. Its all about the awesomeness which is Liquorice,

[Annihilus]

When kids in Turkey want to sip from their parents' coffee, Turkish parents usually tell them that if they drink coffee, they will turn black. My mother on the other hand used to tell me that I would turn black if I kept eating all that liquorice. I knew she didn't mean that in a good way but I didn't get why (thought it was pretty coool to turn black) So I kept eating my licorice while eagerly waiting for the transformation to happen. :D

My dad always told me that liquorice was made from katir sidigi (piss from mules):D Turks:picard2:

[Azalea]

:lol:

[Hjalt]

The Finnish make good liquorice. Their hard liquorice liqueur is pretty damn good.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Illustration_Glycyrrhiza_glabra.jpg/1024px-Illustration_Glycyrrhiza_glabra.jpg

[Azalea]

Siberian_Cold_Breeze, I see you lurking, so tell me, have you ever tried this candy? You are always into weird stuff and liquorice is from a Turkey-Turkish perspective pretty weird.. Wonder what you will think of it. :P

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

Siberian_Cold_Breeze, I see you lurking, so tell me, have you ever tried this candy? You are always into weird stuff and liquorice is from a Turkey-Turkish perspective pretty weird.. Wonder what you will think of it. :P

I'd like to tell my opinions but I was lurking to find out what liquorice is ..seems like a kind of candy ..I rarely eat candies (mostly when i m offered )
I barely remember once I tasted something reminds me sweetened cables ..That must be liquorice ..:D But I don't remember the taste ..
If it is not too sweet i may like it ..I ll try :)

[Azalea]

Ah I wish I could offer you some right now. :(

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

:) THANK YOU

http://i.imgur.com/6ZBseSG.jpg
how about liquorice tea ?

[Azalea]

:) THANK YOU

http://i.imgur.com/6ZBseSG.jpg
how about liquorice tea ?
That I actually don't like. I do loooove fennel tea (which tastes like anise), but don't like liquorice root tea. :D

[Dandelion]

Not that it's any healthy, but in Egypt they produce liquorice hookah tobacco.

http://www.hookahcompany.com/images_products/505_big.jpg

[Azalea]

It says molasses? Molasses is not liquorice. :(

[Dandelion]

It says molasses? Molasses is not liquorice. :(

It also says 'liquorice flavour'. They use molasses to marinate the tobacco and add the flavour. It's basically tobacco-molasses you smoke.

I've tried it once, and it's liquorice flavour alright. Not that good, I prefer liquorice candy. :p

[The Lawspeaker]

Yeah same here, I can eat a lot of those herrings without a problem, but the kokindjes? Meh. Perhaps it's the molasses taste in the kokindjes? I am not a big fan of molasses taste in liquorice, I like a more clear liquorice taste if you get what I mean.

Though, I do like these a lot:

http://www.itsalldutchtome.com.au/images/87.jpg

They are serious business though, not meant for people who dislike liquorice. :lol: I ones gave them to a Hungarian co-worker of mine and for a minute I thought she was gonna kill me. :lol:

I agree.

[Azalea]

Meh, honingdrop is too mild. I don't like liquorice without salmiak. There has to be at least a little bit of salmiak in it (mild-zoute drop) :P

[The Lawspeaker]

Meh, honingdrop is too mild. I don't like liquorice without salmiak. There has to be at least a little bit of salmiak in it (mild-zoute drop) :P

Honingdrop will do when I am a having a bad cold. But the real thing is better. :)

[Svipdag]

You are from the US, I wonder if you have ever tasted European liquorice and know what we are talking about? :P I have tried US liquorice, those red and black sticks and also some other liquorice flavoured candy and It was super weird and very different from the liquorice here. It was sweet, but with only a very vague liquorice taste/smell. You can't really compare it with the candy here..

There's a good reason for that. Most American "liquorice" contains NO liquorice at all. It is favored with anise seed which bears a very vague resemblance in flavor to liquorice. Old-fashioned liquorice which was used to soothe coughs and sore throats, was made with real liquorice root and was actually slightly bitter, definitely not everyone's dish of tea ! Most Americans, at least of the present generation, have no idea of what real liquorice tastes like, having never encountered it.

[Azalea]

^That's what I thought. :(

[Svipdag]

I'd like to tell my opinions but I was lurking to find out what liquorice is ..seems like a kind of candy ..I rarely eat candies (mostly when i m offered )
I barely remember once I tasted something reminds me sweetened cables ..That must be liquorice ..:D But I don't remember the taste ..
If it is not too sweet i may like it ..I ll try :)

By itself, liquorice isn't sweet at all. Most forms of it which are readily available have been sweetened, some very much, others very little.

[Ultra]

Liquorice is fucking disgusting. It tastes just as cancerous as it looks.

[Svipdag]

I think that real liquorice is best slightly sweetened, enough to offset the bitterness, NOT as toffee which contains too much molasses.
Actually, if blackstrap molasses were used, it would probably taste fairly authentic. At least it wouldn't be cloyingly sweet. The least sweet liquorice I can find is the liquorice I like best.

[Azalea]

The toffee I am eating (the one in the OP) does not contain molasses. It does contain a lot of sugar obviously (it's, candy, what did you expect :P), but no to very little molasses. It also has the perfect balance between liquorice and ammonium chloride.

[Svipdag]

I agree.

Those look delicious ! Are they available anywhere in the USA, do you know ?

[The Lawspeaker]

Those look delicious ! Are they available anywhere in the USA, do you know ?

I wish I knew. I am not sure what's available in the U.S but if I were in your position and I would visit the Netherlands I would stock up.

[Azalea]

Those look delicious ! Are they available anywhere in the USA, do you know ?
The outside is molasses liquorice, the inside is a filling of mostly ammonium chloride, just so you know this is not ordinary liquorice. They are called Heksehyl and are originally Scandinavian I believe.

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

http://i.imgur.com/AbkQCT0.jpg

That's why I remember them as sweetened cables :)

[The Lawspeaker]

http://i.imgur.com/AbkQCT0.jpg

That's why I remember them as sweetened cables :)

Dropveter (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropveter). literal translation: liquorice shoelace.

[Azalea]

Yes, that's liquorice too. The cables here in NL are mostly sweet liquorice and rarely salty, they most of the time don't contain ammonium chlorid either. Another thing is that they taste like molasses a lot. I really don't like that. It has a bitter molasses and little liquorice taste, similar to English liquorice. Really not my thing (unless I haven't had liquorice in years perhaps).

[Vojnik]

It's the worst candy I've ever tasted. My whole family likes it, except for me. I just can't understand what it is about such a taste that makes people like it.

[Linet]

It's the worst candy I've ever tasted. My whole family likes it, except for me. I just can't understand what it is about such a taste that makes people like it.

....i consider it slight pervertion :curtain:

[vibrant_]

No I think it's gross