Licorice sweets

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  1. clueless1

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    When I was a kid, licorice was the cheapo sweet. The cheapest were the really chew licorice sticks (not the actually bits of wood, I mean the roughly 6 inch long black sticks of processed licorice).

    I loved them.

    In Beamish, there is a vintage sweet shop where many of the sweets are made on site, and you can watch them do it. When I was there I bought a bag of assorted licorice sweets to share between me, the wife and son. Wife and son don't like them, hurray:)

    Trouble is, I've got myself addicted. I could munch and munch on it, I'd forgot how gorgeous licorice is. I've been on t'internet and its actually quite expensive now. Its no longer 2p per 6 inch stick.:sad:
     
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    Well licorice will certainly keep you going Clueless! :heehee:
     
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      Cor....i could just eat some now...i especially love pontefract cakes:dancy:
       
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      Got a packet of it on my desk in front of me right now:heehee:
       
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        You're at a desk this time of night! :rolleyespink:
         
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        Work, work, work:lunapic 130165696578242 5: and liquorice:heehee:
         
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          It's gonna be a long night, long night, on the night shift :biggrin:

          Can't say I share the love of licorice though....:eeew:
           
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          I've got a bag full of Pennies & halfpennies in the garage, if you want to go to Beamish again Clueless - hopefully they still have the old price lists up:dbgrtmb:
           
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            licorice is supposed to be good if you're suffering from stress.
             
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                Unfortunately their endeavours for authenticity don't extend to the price lists. I paid £2.50 for my bag of licorice sweets. In 1830 that would have probably bought me the shop.
                 
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                I love licorice and spearmint/mints ... can't decided which I would give up if I could only have one ... :dunno:

                Licorice and mint are both good for you healthwise, but licorice can be bad if eaten in excess (which I could easily do) but not sure that mint can.

                Has anyone grown licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)? ... I see Nicky's Seeds have it. I remember eating the roots as a child, bought from a store in Harpenden.
                 
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                I used to really like that hard licorice, the kind that was round with a flattened area that had a name stamped in it.

                These days I tend to go for the softer stuff, have been buying it in Morrisons, comes from Finland of all places.:dunno::)
                 
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                Pontefract?

                Anyone remember Imps?
                 
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