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Reminds 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 ago
Are 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 ago
  American 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 ago
    very 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 ago
  The 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 ago
Probably 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 ago
  It's also very popular in Italy (SAILA Lquirizia Purissima — very powerful stuff!), so definitely not the Northern thing.
  - lultimouomo 9y ago
    The northern (danish/swedish/finnish) things are liquirice candies salted with ammonium cloride, not black liquirice. Very, very different taste.
    - netzone 9y ago
      It's still black liquorice of course, but yes, it's salted with ammonium chloride.

themodelplumber 9y ago

Are 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 ago
American 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 ago
  very 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 ago
The 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 ago

Probably 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 ago
It's also very popular in Italy (SAILA Lquirizia Purissima — very powerful stuff!), so definitely not the Northern thing.
- lultimouomo 9y ago
  The northern (danish/swedish/finnish) things are liquirice candies salted with ammonium cloride, not black liquirice. Very, very different taste.
  - netzone 9y ago
    It's still black liquorice of course, but yes, it's salted with ammonium chloride.