View Poll Results: Black licorice: love it or hate it?

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  • Yes! I'm the one everyone always gives the leftover black ones to.

    9 29.03%
  • Eeeeeeeew!

    20 64.52%
  • Eh.

    2 6.45%
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Thread: Black licorice?

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Back in the dirty Jerz

    Black licorice?

    Black licorice fans of the world unite!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Atlanta, GA
    Foul, foul, foul. You can have mine anytime.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
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    Rent free in tarheels’ heads
    Black licorice from Trader Joe's. Yummm.

  4. #4
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    Feb 2007
    Location
    Naptown, IN
    The smell of black licorice makes me very sick. No joking.

  5. #5
    Mmmmmm, good and plenty!

    Seriously, though, I used to LOVE black licorice. I could eat it all day. Now I like it, but if I eat more than one or two pieces at a time (or about fifteen good and plenty), the flavor gets too strong for me. So, I guess I'm a moderate user now. Before, I was a TOTAL addict. Definitely still like it, though.

  6. #6
    Yeahhhhhhh, NO! Not only does it taste horrible, it's also bad for you. Folks, when something tastes like that, it's usually an indication that something foul is a front.

    I'm also not a fan of heavily liqourice-esque foods made with anise. I like subtle hints, especially in tea but when it dominates the flavor... I'm out like shout.

  7. #7
    Of course, black licorice has been considered an aphrodisiac forever. The ancient Romans and Greeks used it as such, as did the Chinese. It's even mentioned in the Kama Sutra.

    They recently did a study where they measured the biological responses of men and women to certain smells. They found that blended smells worked best. The combination of licorice and doughnuts was #2 among men, and the combination of cucumber and licorice was #1 among women. http://www.tangomag.com/2007216/eat-...n-woman.html/2

  8. #8
    I can't stand it. I have a brother-in-law who loves it so we are always looking for new brands for him. I found one from Australia that he liked.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Lexington, KY

    Talking Doughnuts and ...

    Quote Originally Posted by bjornolf View Post
    The combination of licorice and doughnuts was #2 among men, and the combination of cucumber and licorice was #1 among women.
    Umm, here's a plug for the ale & doughnuts combination among men!

    Sorry, but I cannot come up with a beer to match a doughnuts & licorice combination.

  10. #10
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    Feb 2007
    Location
    Newport News, VA

    Music?

    I thought that this was about the song. I love Grand Funk.

  11. #11
    And talk about nasty... Jaeger, Sambuca, Ouzo...

  12. #12
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    Mar 2008
    Location
    Mary's Place
    Triple nasty. blech. Jaeger is quite possibly the foulest liquor I have ever tasted.

    I am, however, a big coconut fan. A couple years ago I bought my first bottle of coconut-flavored rum and ooooh baby it was being at the beach in the middle of winter.

    So I wonder what the coconut / licorice Venn diagram looks like? What other genetic inferences can we draw?

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Back in the dirty Jerz
    Aw come on! I LOVE Jäger!!! And nothing beats black coffee with a splash of Sambuca.

    ETA: Well, Sambuca with a splash of black coffee might be better.

  14. #14
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    Feb 2008
    Location
    New Bern, NC unless it's a home football game then I'm grilling on Devil's Alley
    Red's the stuff.

  15. #15
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    Apr 2007
    Location
    St. Louis, MO
    Black Liquorice Altoids (the way it's spelled on the tin, I believe) are pretty good, too.

  16. #16
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    Feb 2007
    Location
    Los Angeles

    Blast from the past a la Licorice

    Does anyone else remember the wonderful Sen-Sen's?? Black licorice in a little square. Yum and yum again.

  17. #17
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Lompoc, West Carolina
    Vile. Terrible. It should be called by it's original name, which was YUCCHH!, but that was too hard to pronounce.

  18. #18
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    Apr 2007
    Location
    Atlanta, GA (Buckhead)
    Foul, foul, double-foul! You can have mine any time!

    -EJ

  19. #19
    Black licorice jelly beans are yummy. So are Good N' Plentys.

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