Salt Bomber

There's a reassuring statement on the package that this is liquorice for adults, not kiddies, but the saltiness leaves something to be desired. This could be among the mildest of the Scandinavian liqs.

OK, but no great shakes.

7/10

Treasure Trove

Here's the package from Danfoods:



I'm slowly working my way through it :)

Skilte Lakrids

Triangular taffic-sign liquorice: proof that cramming for your theoretical driving test needn't be boring.

These are nice and hard with a fragrant violet flavour that is quickly displaced by menthol and a good, strong salmiak hit.

Could be a new favourite.

9/10

Feeding my Addiction

I know, it's been a long time since I have written an entry for this blog. But that is because I have managed to satisfy my cravings more-or-less with liquorice bought on holiday (wherever the Germans go...) or ordered from UK-based sweet shops.

But—damnit—it's no longer enough!

The likes of Katjes paws, Salinos and Dutch coins are merely teasing. Occasionally there is a hint of salt, sometimes of sweetwood, but rarely of salmiak.

Recently, in Greece, I resorted to pouring some sort of ammonia powder—on sale for curing meat or something—over yet another bag of mild liquorice, but the taste wasn't right. Whatever the stuff was, it wasn't ammonium chloride, so I hastily got rid of it.

Scandinavian liquorice is available in the UK, but usually at exorbitant prices and with international shipping charges attached.

Thankfully, I have found a more-or-less reasonable supplier. Danfood is about 20% cheaper than the competition and is based in the UK.

I've just placed an order. Unfortunately, Pletskud (one of my faves) is on special offer: buy one, get one free. While this should be ground for jubilation, it means that I don't dare order more than one. But they have Super Piratos—yay!

Yes I know...

...it has been a long time.

Over the past weeks and months, my liqs store has gradually been depleted down to the last, sad piece: almost flavourless by now and soft from the ambient humidity.

A desperate hunt around my room has unearthed the odd fossilised piece (the one I found on the windowsill—underneath a stack of papers—was truly inedible) but I was almost out.

And then a care package arrived, from my sis.



Full of liquorice :)



Thanks, Sis!

Procrastination

I should be working, but I weakened and placed an order for liqs on "Humbug" said Scrooge!.

The quaint website is the online outlet for an even quainter sweetshop in a North Welsh village which stocks—wait for it—50 varieties of Dutch liquorice!

Among them are a few old favourites, and while the choice is less than that found on Dutch websites, both shipping costs and order size have to be considered. I have liquorice going stale on me because it's being kept for too long. (I have to ration it, but once a pack is open, it starts to deteriorate. Here's hoping that the bags will be sealed)

Small town sweetshops are real gold mines for Dutch treats. I even found (semi-)salty liquorice in a sweet shop in Banff, Canada! I'm wondering who actually buys the stuff.

Oddly, the sweetshop in my German hometown was about the only shop there that sold sweets but not salty liquorice (despite its popularity so close to the Dutch border)!

DIY Mix'n'MATCH

I've just microwaved one of my treble-zout liquorice lozenges together with three sweet ones.

They bubbled up within seconds (watch the power!) and when the mix has cooled down, I'll be able to tell whether the right balance of flavour has been achieved :)