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Seems like using poppy seed instead of actual poppies is a big deviation from the original? (Or is that what the original recipe meant?) ...As well as omitting
by nielsbot 9y ago
Seems like using poppy seed instead of actual poppies is a big deviation from the original? (Or is that what the original recipe meant?) ...As well as omitting the licorice root. Then again, I love licorice but I understand not everyone does.
- mrarjen 9y agoReminds me of feeding black licorice "Drop" to non Dutch people, make sure napkins or a trash can is nearby for them to spit it back out.
- themodelplumber 9y agoAre those the really salty ones? I like black licorice, but have only ever enjoyed it with a sweetener. I had what may be an equivalent experience when I gave a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to my Italian hosts. One adventurous set of tastebuds out of the bunch had led me to believe they'd be a good gift. People were practically knocking each other over looking for a place to spit :-)
- mywacaday 9y agoAmerican and European chocolate are very different tastes. https://www.gourmetboutique.net/blogs/tasting-room/17250043-european-vs-american-chocolate-whats-the-difference https://www.gourmetboutique.net/blogs/tasting-room/17250043-...
- throwaway2048 9y agovery different is a pretty huge overstatement, and this article only describes the mandatory legal minimums. There is plenty of american chocholate (including easy to find mass market stuff) that meets or exceeds the european standards.
- cfadvan 9y agoThe chocolate in Reese’s replaces some of the delicious cocoa butter with something called PGPR. If you’re not used to it, it’s like eating chocolate flavored wax. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglycerol_polyricinoleate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglycerol_polyricinoleate
- netzone 9y agoProbably more like to people not from northern Europe. In Sweden and licorice is very popular here, as well as in Finland to my knowledge.
- ansgri 9y agoIt's also very popular in Italy (SAILA Lquirizia Purissima — very powerful stuff!), so definitely not the Northern thing.
- lultimouomo 9y agoThe northern (danish/swedish/finnish) things are liquirice candies salted with ammonium cloride, not black liquirice. Very, very different taste.
- netzone 9y agoIt's still black liquorice of course, but yes, it's salted with ammonium chloride.
- benbreen 9y agoThe original's reference to "poppies" was likely referring to dried and preserved poppy pods, not the fresh flower. So although poppy seeds are not quite right, it's the closest you can get without moving into a legal (and medical) gray area, since poppy pods can potentially contain a pretty significant amount of residual morphine and thebaine alkaloids.
- nielsbot 9y agoLike this? https://www.driedpods.com https://www.driedpods.com