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An "sweet" made out of rotten roots, which tastes like medicine and is sticky enough to pull out fillings ... sounds like an english recipe to me.

ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
Have you ever tried this stuff called "root beer" that Americans all seem to be into? Sugary-sticky medicine flavoured stuff made from a poisonous plant. It's the sort of thing I'd expect from a country with absolutely no food culture like the US.
- PowerElectronix 7mo ago
  Ladies, ladies, stop with the quarreling. Both countries are equally terrible when it comes to gastronomy.
- IAmBroom 7mo ago
  By "poisonous", you mean "slightly increasing the chance of cancer". Not what most people call poisonous. Of course, we mix extracts of that root with the known poison, dihydrogen monoxide.
  - mcphage 7mo ago
    > the known poison, dihydrogen monoxide Oh shit, they put that stuff in Root Beer? I hear that kills thousands of people every year—from kids to the elderly.
    - ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
      Yeah that shit is just loaded with hydric acid, too - it's got a pH of 7, the highest pH of any acid.
      - mcphage 7mo ago
        Goddamn, even Sulfuric only has a pH of 3, at most. That Dihydrogen monoxide stuff is DANGEROUS.
ginko 7mo ago
Where do you take the "rotten" part from? I assume it's made out of regular dried liquorice roots.
sandworm101 7mo ago
And they are also poisonous... In 2004, healthcare professionals warned against overindulgence in Pontefract cake after a 56-year-old woman was admitted to hospital following an overdose. The woman consumed about 200 grams (7.1 oz) daily, leading to dangerously low potassium levels and subsequent muscle failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontefract_cake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontefract_cake At that dosage, this "sweet" is one of those things that must be locked away if there are any kids/dogs in the house.
- pseudohadamard 7mo ago
  If you're reading this in the UK and happen to have rats in the garden, try leaving some out for them. It's something even rats won't go near. Except possibly Scandinavian rats when the alternative is salmiak. According to that universal source of all knowledge Wikipedia, "The word [cake] itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic 'kakâ' (cook)". Who says Germans don't have a sense of humor when they've got the Brits to name their oldest sweet "Pontefract kaka".

ErroneousBosh 7mo ago

Have you ever tried this stuff called "root beer" that Americans all seem to be into? Sugary-sticky medicine flavoured stuff made from a poisonous plant. It's the sort of thing I'd expect from a country with absolutely no food culture like the US.

PowerElectronix 7mo ago
Ladies, ladies, stop with the quarreling. Both countries are equally terrible when it comes to gastronomy.
IAmBroom 7mo ago
By "poisonous", you mean "slightly increasing the chance of cancer". Not what most people call poisonous. Of course, we mix extracts of that root with the known poison, dihydrogen monoxide.
- mcphage 7mo ago
  > the known poison, dihydrogen monoxide Oh shit, they put that stuff in Root Beer? I hear that kills thousands of people every year—from kids to the elderly.
  - ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
    Yeah that shit is just loaded with hydric acid, too - it's got a pH of 7, the highest pH of any acid.
    - mcphage 7mo ago
      Goddamn, even Sulfuric only has a pH of 3, at most. That Dihydrogen monoxide stuff is DANGEROUS.

ginko 7mo ago

Where do you take the "rotten" part from? I assume it's made out of regular dried liquorice roots.

sandworm101 7mo ago

And they are also poisonous... In 2004, healthcare professionals warned against overindulgence in Pontefract cake after a 56-year-old woman was admitted to hospital following an overdose. The woman consumed about 200 grams (7.1 oz) daily, leading to dangerously low potassium levels and subsequent muscle failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontefract_cake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontefract_cake At that dosage, this "sweet" is one of those things that must be locked away if there are any kids/dogs in the house.

pseudohadamard 7mo ago
If you're reading this in the UK and happen to have rats in the garden, try leaving some out for them. It's something even rats won't go near. Except possibly Scandinavian rats when the alternative is salmiak. According to that universal source of all knowledge Wikipedia, "The word [cake] itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic 'kakâ' (cook)". Who says Germans don't have a sense of humor when they've got the Brits to name their oldest sweet "Pontefract kaka".