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There are only like three foods on the planet that are so horrific tasting that I have to spit them out if I take a bite, and black licorice is one of them. I know taste is totally subjective so if you do like it I am not putting you down. But I am curious to what percentage of people also hate it as much as I do?
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It's horrific! I will spit it out if I take a bite | |
9 (24%) |
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I don't like it but can tolerate it | |
2 (5%) |
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Take it or leave it | |
2 (5%) |
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It's pretty good | |
3 (8%) |
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It's absolutely wonderful! Love it! | |
21 (57%) |
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Iggo
(48,702 posts)mopinko
(72,153 posts)i was the 6th of 7 kids. having a taste for bitter meant i got the dark chocolate in the mixed fanny may chocolate that my aunt always brought.
and black licorice is great. i got allll the black chuckles.
LeftInTX
(32,258 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(122,891 posts)Many people love them but I regard them the way you regard black licorice - I have to spit them out.
Phentex
(16,597 posts)well, I mean, I CAN but I will pick around them if I have a choice. They overpower other foods to me. But I love em cooked in and on anything.
Quixote1818
(30,629 posts)Not a lot of in between.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)However, I have to take a extra Nexium if I eat too much.
Liberty Belle
(9,639 posts)The black button licorice was his favorite treat, but got hard to find. I used to drive an hour away to get them for him at a little candy shop in the mountains.
When he was in a nursing home and dying of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, that was one of the last gifts I could bring him that brought him a little bit of joy. He vision and hearing were nearly gone, but he could still taste that licorice, his childhood favorite.
MontanaMama
(24,241 posts)Read my post two down from yours...Im sorry about your dad.
Thunderbeast
(3,597 posts)I have been unable to find black licorice ropes. Would love to find a source.
MontanaMama
(24,241 posts)The licorice store I frequented with my dad closed up shop a couple years ago and they carried them. My memory tells me they came from Germany but Im not 100% certain. I can find the black licorice laces but theyre not nearly as good.
hauweg
(98 posts)Haribo Lakritz Schnecken:
https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Lakritz-Schnecken/dp/B000URASGY
Liberty Belle
(9,639 posts)There are black licorice twists on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Candy-Jumbo-Licorice-Twists/dp/B0745VFGDJ/ref=sr_1_55_sspa?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0O29_daw5QIVBNVkCh0dUQYpEAMYAiAAEgKeU_D_BwE&hvadid=241927863574&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9031272&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1o2&hvqmt=b&hvrand=18133862801672027840&hvtargid=aud-647846986441%3Akwd-109555360&hydadcr=24662_10400877&keywords=licorice+rope&qid=1571775224&sr=8-55-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyOEtINUlEMUtTVFg4JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODEyMTEwMUhRWUhLTUhFNElMWCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzA4NjE3MU4xQ0tJVVNZMEFNNCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2J0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
I couldn't find black licorice ropes, either in a Google search.
MontanaMama
(24,241 posts)But thank you for taking the time to look!! I won't ever turn down a twist in a pinch, however.
Liberty Belle
(9,639 posts)Demovictory9
(34,319 posts)Arazi
(7,500 posts)Or Candy Warehouse... theres actually many places online
https://www.candywarehouse.com/gustafs-black-licorice-laces-candy-2lb-bag/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping&utm_term=%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiqiNm7mf5QIVBBx9Ch3o6gmDEAQYAiABEgL7hPD_BwE
Thunderbeast
(3,597 posts)Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)MontanaMama
(24,241 posts)My dad did too. When he was in the throws of Alzheimers, Id drive him 30 miles north to a little town on the Salish Kootenai reservation that had a tiny store called the Hummingbird that sold 50+ kinds of black licorice. Even though he didnt speak at that point, his eyes would light up when we got there. Hed pick out a few various favorites and wed smuggle them back into his room at the memory care facility where he lived. After he passed, I found a few random pieces of licorice stashed in his dresser. I cant eat black licorice without sending out a little love for my dad.
customerserviceguy
(25,198 posts)red licorice, but will not turn down black licorice.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,059 posts)Response to 50 Shades Of Blue (Reply #13)
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Quixote1818
(30,629 posts)I ate it but did NOT enjoy it. Also, I really hate blue cheese dressing. I like things with ginger as a spice but hate pure ginger root. Used to hate cilantro but now love it. I am sure there are other things I would absolutely hate but just haven't discovered them yet.
I have even had Rocky Mountain Oysters and thought they were wonderful.
You?
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,059 posts)Kind of oyster. But I have tried and also don't like blue cheese dressing!
Quixote1818
(30,629 posts)into ranch dressing.
yonder
(10,035 posts)They all have that same weird taste. Ouzo, the anise flavored liquor, is just tolerable enough to have a rare shot now and then. Go figure.
Demovictory9
(34,319 posts)there's a fair few sausages I won't eat because too much of that junk.
As soon as the chef on TV whips out the star anise I know it's time to find a different channel. I won't like what they're cooking and no sense watching it.
I will make an exception for spicy sausage and lentil soup - the spicy blocks out the fennel enough to enjoy.
trueblue2007
(18,380 posts)House of Roberts
(5,839 posts)The Family Dollar has a steady supply of it.
I can eat it, but I don't choose it over regular chocolate.
Cartoonist
(7,574 posts)I still like it
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Response to Quixote1818 (Original post)
WestLosAngelesGal This message was self-deleted by its author.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)The only thing Anisette needs is an ice cube.
Bought some non-alcoholic Anisette once.
Better than the regular.
Demovictory9
(34,319 posts)Pachamama
(17,188 posts)What Americans have come to know as Black Licorice is a fraud. In my parents culture of Denmark and Germany, what I have grown up with and have, is real anis taste and the saltier the better. It's national treasures for the Danes. My favorite is the gourmet black licorice that is mixed with chocolate and other flavors, including spicy flavors.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,177 posts)I grew up on Good n Plenties in the States, similar to lakridspind in DK (literally licorice sticks). I can't stand the salty licorice, and it is more common than sweet.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)jpak
(41,780 posts)Awesome stuff
IADEMO2004
(6,031 posts)lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)that red chewy stuff is NOT licorice.
Piasladic
(1,164 posts)Once I had a Finnish licorice. Gods... it was tasty. I think I was told it was a "salted licorice." Any ideas where I can get it again?
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hunter
(39,246 posts)Dark chocolate, maybe.
My culinary vice is canned mackerel.
DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Its worse than corned beef.
a kennedy
(32,771 posts)bite sizes. Yummmmmmm.