Comments on: Licorice scented

By: Resolve « anthimeria

Resolve « anthimeria — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:40:17 +0000

[...] someone who despised licorice-flavoured anything for years after an unfortunate youthful bout with ouzo, I’m still making up lost time with fennel, and this soup sure helps the task [...]

By: 2009 « anthimeria

2009 « anthimeria — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:14:55 +0000

[...] Licorice scented (September) The details are blurred, but I eventually sweet talked a shot out of my Papou an drank it down like an especially potent juice… [...]

By: Lan

Lan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:57:49 +0000

i am of the don’t like licorice group. i do however like fennel and i only discovered this vegetable recently. the taste is subtle and not overwhelming to me. i love the crispness, and the fact that despite said crispness, it does not hurt my braces-bound teeth.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:13:03 +0000

Ben, how on earth did I forget jujubes? I love black jujubes. Addictive things, they are – both in texture and flavour.

By: Ben Babcock

Ben Babcock — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:08:09 +0000

Yay for black jelly beans!

At work, the volunteers on a certain day of the week bring jujubes or jelly beans, and there’s usually some left over by the time we part-time employees arrive at 4. Usually. The full-time staff can be quite efficient at making snacks disappear. Yet always, always, among the surviving candy, the black–i.e., licorice–ones will represent a major portion.

More for me.