The taste of black licorice : Love it or Hate it ??

[Shine]

Have you ever noticed how people tend to either LOVE the taste of black licorice or they HATE it?

There's hardly ever an in-between answer, it's always one extreme or the other.

It's weird. I wonder what it is about that particular taste that makes that happen?? :shrug:

Any ideas?

I happen to be in the LOVE camp, personally. :loveya:

I used to pick out the black jelly beans as the "special ones" when I was a kid.

My son, on the other hand, HATES it. Daughter is in-between, can take it or leave it.

So much for the gene pool theory.
:D

BTW just for the record, red licorice is NOT real licorice.

[Broken_Hero]

1. Hate it with one exception....

extremely cold Jager....yum.

[obxhead]

33. exactly the same for me

[Iggo]

2. It tastes like....corruption. (n/t)

[jeff30997]

3. Love it !

And I did the same thing as you with the black jelly beans.Yummy! :9

[Deja Q]

4. Once you go black, you'll never go back!!

:evilgrin:

[Shell Beau]

5. Grotesque would be a fitting word.

[Left Is Write]

6. Can't stand it, but I do make an exception for the occasional after-dinner Sambuca

with coffee beans.

[Moondog]

47. Excellent!

You're obviously a person of discerning taste.

[blondeatlast]

7. Yuck. nt

[supernova]

8. Blech! Like eating a funeral

:puke:

[fizzgig]

15. spot on, my friend

:rofl:

[Shell Beau]

17. Best description. Exactly.

[MrSlayer]

9. Neither love nor hate.

I haven't had any since I was a kid.

[annabanana]

10. I love it , ,but I seem to remember reading that there

are some drug interactions that you should watch out for... Anyone know which meds?

[handmade34]

13. too much pure licorice root, the herb

containing glycyrrhetinic acid can be harmful. It does take quite a bit to cause a problem and the amount in candy is minute...
don't know about other drug interactions...

[handmade34]

11. LOVE Panda Licorice

Yum... Molasses, Wheat Flour, Licorice Extract, Natural Flavor (Aniseed Oil)

[JTG of the PRB]

12. Hate it, hate it, hate hate hate HATE it.

But I LOOOOOVE red licorice... Especially chocolate-dipped red licorice pieces. Mmm... :9

[ZombieHorde]

14. Yummy! nt

[fizzgig]

16. foul, foul, foul

my fiance loves it, but he knows he's not getting any smooches for some time after he eats it ;)

[soleiri]

18. Vile

disgusting
foul
nasty
horrid
horrible
an abomination
atrocious
repulsive
sickening
heinous
gross
awful
blecch

(special thanks goes out to my wonderful thesaurus)

[Withywindle]

19. BLARGH!

And I am by no means a picky eater; I'll eat pretty much anything. The one exception is anything that tastes strongly of licorice, fennel, or anise. Something in my tongue just RECOILS. :puke:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Love it!

Yum! :9

[Gormy Cuss]

21. Red licorice is so red licorice! Take that back!

Just kidding, but I spent many a day eating red licorice when I was a kid and preferred it to (real) licorice.

I like licorice, but don't eat it very often. Panda brand was offered in the vending machine at my old job -- mmm.

[Shine]

22. What is with all the HATING??

:D

I mean, clearly, the thought of black licorice brings up some pretty strong reactions, if the posts on this thread are any indication!

heh.

[cemaphonic]

23. Fairly neutral on it myself

Not a flavor that I would seek out on purpose, but I don't avoid stuff that has anise or fennel either.

My wife, OTOH hates it.

[In_The_Wind]

24. It's great stuff!

[In_The_Wind]

25. I Like It!

:hi:

[lightningandsnow]

26. Delicious!

I think I love licorice-y tasting things a little too much.

I use fennel toothpaste, even. :P

[astonamous]

27. Great...now wishing I had some black licorice! eom

[siligut]

28. Love it

It is the official candy of the Netherlands I think. Anyway, at their outdoor markets they have numerous booths with different kinds of licorice, all yummy. White licorice isn’t licorice either; it is anise flavored, hard to tell the difference unless you are a licorice lover.

[RushIsRot]

29. Ever since I determined that it gave me The Green Apple Quickstep,

I left it be.

[jobycom]

30. You left off "Hate it but will pretend to love it to gross people out."

I like it, and I laughed at your story about black jelly beans. I think one reason I like it is because my two brothers and sister hated it, so I learned I could get more candy at Halloween if I liked the licorice and black jelly beans. :)

[Lucian]

31. I love absinthe.

That should give you my answer. :)

[Shine]

45. I have yet to try that!

one of these days....

can't wait!

:hi:

[LostInAnomie]

32. It's honestly one of the worst things I have ever tasted.

Just thinking of it is disgusting.

[Quantess]

34. I tried it when I was a kid.

So, I only liked red "licorice"

I tried black licorice from Europe at about age 12, and I didn't like it. Black licorice in Europe is not the same as here in the bland packaging, featured in Wal-Mart Stores, Target.

[DFW]

35. It was used at Abu Ghraib for torture

It was abandoned in favor of waterboarding, which was deemed more humane by both interrogators and prisoners alike, I hear.

[Shine]

43. LOL!

:rofl:

u r 2 funny

[mockmonkey]

36. I think it...

causes anal leakage.

[MorningGlow]

37. Two words

Na-STY. :puke:

[nuxvomica]

38. Hate it but I love the taste of anisette, which is similar

Especially anisette cookies.

[Kali]

39. I can eat it - count me as an in-between.

It can be strong though - in your example of jelly beans, those black ones can over power the other flavors - so I tend to pick them out too.

[Pool Hall Ace]

40. I would rather gnaw on a fan belt

I don't care for licorice or jelly beans in general, but black is just blllaaaaah! x(

[LanternWaste]

41. proof of Satan's existence...

Proof of Satan's existence. Lev. 13:02-- And the Lord smote the Licorites with his dark, oddly-feeling string of candy saying, "thus have you brought to this world Bad Taste, and henceforth you shall avoid all beasts and all plants and eat only foul Licorice..."

here endeth the lesson.

(True story...)

[Shine]

44. HA!

:rofl:

loungers are so hilarious! :thumbsup:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. I hate the smell of licorice period, let alone the taste.

It makes me gag. That includes Twizzlers.

[dropkickpa]

46. Hate black licorice, like anise flavored things

go figure :shrug:

[Moondog]

48. I have to be in the mood for it. But when I am, nothing else will do.

If I'm not, meh.