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I recently moved to Finland, and briefly considered setting up an online shop to export Salmiakki to the UK, as lots of people there seem to love it and beg me

I recently moved to Finland, and briefly considered setting up an online shop to export Salmiakki to the UK, as lots of people there seem to love it and beg me to bring it when I returned. I'm amused you're from Finland, but instead are importing Japanese candy! (In the end I decided I couldn't be bothered with the hassle. I just make sure every time I do return to the UK I pack my suitcase with 10-40 boxes of candy.)

pimeys 9y ago
Please import me some proper rye bread, karjalanpiirakka and lakkahillo every week. There are no such things here in Berlin.
- bemmu 9y ago
  I think this store can send these things to you: https://www.suomikauppa.fi/index.php?language=en https://www.suomikauppa.fi/index.php?language=en
- Fnoord 9y ago
  We got rye bread here in The Netherlands. I was in Berlin a few weeks ago. German bread is amazing. So tasty. The jams I had were insane as well. Loads of fruit, sugar not so much. Again, very taste.
vidarh 9y ago
It's likely to be a tricky one as there's a ton of competition on Amazon that sells not just Finnish salty licorice but from the rest of the Nordic countries and the Netherlands as well. They're overall expensive, but the selection is fairly wide.
pavel_lishin 9y ago
What are the odds - we have a tiny bottle on our shelf that some visiting Finlanders gave use about five years ago! Is... is Slamiakki still safe to drink after five years? There's a lot of weird looking condensation on the bottom. If we gently shake the bottle, it looks like something from X-Files is reaching out to drink us.
- soperj 9y ago
  Drink? It's licorice...
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    Oh. Then we apparently have licorice liqueur.
    - stevekemp 9y ago
      Yup, widely available. Here's a random shot of a bottle I have at home: https://i.imgur.com/Wy34Uui.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Wy34Uui.jpg The more common version comes in a black bottle, but there are a couple of varieties out there. 99% of the time when people talk about Salmiakki they mean the candy/licorice, but the remaining time they mean the drink.
      - pavel_lishin 9y ago
        Ours is smaller. Might try it tonight, since the kid is in daycare tomorrow and if we die it'll inconvenience her less.
      - Fnoord 9y ago
        There's other liquorice liquor available throughout the world as well. A brand I know from The Netherlands is called "drop shot" [1] (drop is the Dutch word for liquorice). [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dropshot+liquor&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dropshot+liquor&iax=images&ia=imag...
  - stevekemp 9y ago
    There is also a branded "liquor" with the same name. I enjoy both the drink and the licorice.

pimeys 9y ago

Please import me some proper rye bread, karjalanpiirakka and lakkahillo every week. There are no such things here in Berlin.

bemmu 9y ago
I think this store can send these things to you: https://www.suomikauppa.fi/index.php?language=en https://www.suomikauppa.fi/index.php?language=en
Fnoord 9y ago
We got rye bread here in The Netherlands. I was in Berlin a few weeks ago. German bread is amazing. So tasty. The jams I had were insane as well. Loads of fruit, sugar not so much. Again, very taste.

vidarh 9y ago

It's likely to be a tricky one as there's a ton of competition on Amazon that sells not just Finnish salty licorice but from the rest of the Nordic countries and the Netherlands as well. They're overall expensive, but the selection is fairly wide.

pavel_lishin 9y ago

What are the odds - we have a tiny bottle on our shelf that some visiting Finlanders gave use about five years ago! Is... is Slamiakki still safe to drink after five years? There's a lot of weird looking condensation on the bottom. If we gently shake the bottle, it looks like something from X-Files is reaching out to drink us.

soperj 9y ago
Drink? It's licorice...
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  Oh. Then we apparently have licorice liqueur.
  - stevekemp 9y ago
    Yup, widely available. Here's a random shot of a bottle I have at home: https://i.imgur.com/Wy34Uui.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Wy34Uui.jpg The more common version comes in a black bottle, but there are a couple of varieties out there. 99% of the time when people talk about Salmiakki they mean the candy/licorice, but the remaining time they mean the drink.
    - pavel_lishin 9y ago
      Ours is smaller. Might try it tonight, since the kid is in daycare tomorrow and if we die it'll inconvenience her less.
    - Fnoord 9y ago
      There's other liquorice liquor available throughout the world as well. A brand I know from The Netherlands is called "drop shot" [1] (drop is the Dutch word for liquorice). [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dropshot+liquor&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dropshot+liquor&iax=images&ia=imag...
- stevekemp 9y ago
  There is also a branded "liquor" with the same name. I enjoy both the drink and the licorice.