Liquorice (different from Licorice)

Liquorice Candy:

It comes in many different but surely familiar sizes, shapes and colors. Licorice beans, twists, tubes, sticks, flavorings, chews, nibs, ropes, long ropes, strings, squares, syrups, mints, gummies, coins, drops, rolls, squares, patties, swirls, rounds, balls, chews, and more and more even. Most people vaguely know that licorice is flavored from the dried black root of "Glycyrrhiza glabra", but where exactly was the flavor discovered and exploited?
The answer is the Netherlands, and it is now extremely popular in some countries surrounding the area. Specifically I mean the Nordic counties. But when Liquorice came to the US and was popularized, it became patriotic and red. Sugar was added of course, and then inevitably liquorice confectionary itself was removed. Popularity in America for a sweet, bring treat forced away the deeper flavor of actual liquorice; Licorice (think red vines) was born.

I personally really like actual liquorice. The biggest part of it I find is changing my expectations of what to get from a taste. If you are expecting a burst of sugary pop, you will be disappointed and dissatisfied. But if you are ready for the depth and savory rubberiness of authentic liquorice flavor, maybe it won't turn to be as bad as you popularizationaly thought it would be.


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