god i love salty licorice. that is all

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[–] 22 points 10 months ago* (9 children)

i sent my canadian sibling a bag of turkisk peppar as part of a care package and they thought it was a prank. then when i visited i ate all of it myself. love me some salmiak

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I just want to know what madman took a look at some fertilizer and thought “hey… what if we put this stuff in candy?”

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    i think the food use is older, it's been used at least since roman times.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I remember reading that ammonium chloride / "sal ammoniac" / salmiakki was probably first discovered by ancient egyptians. They found natural deposits of it condensed in a ceiling of a cave or something similar. And naturally someone just had to taste it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    I had a Turkish exchange student at my uni in Norway, and when he saw a bag of "Turkish Pepper" he was like WTF is this?

    End of story he did not appreciate the delicious treats named for his people.

    We talk about the vodka belt and potato Europe, but what should we name Nordic/north German and Dutch areas that like salty licorice?

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