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To say that noone under 50 likes liquorice?

218 replies

Applescruffle · 26/04/2024 23:49

Liquorice is the food of the devil and it's slowly dying out as people come to their senses with regards to this disgusting black substance, which has clearly been pulled straight from Satan's bumhole

YABU - I am a weirdo who likes liquorice
YANBU - I am a normal person who agrees that whoever invented this stuff belongs in prison

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Schoolchoicesucks · 27/04/2024 13:56

Yabu. 47 and I like it. Used to eat the wood-y liqorice as a kid. Now it's just pinching dh's allsorts at Christmas.

thevegetablesoup · 27/04/2024 13:52

I love it and I'm 40

Fifthtimelucky · 27/04/2024 13:48

Not at all convinced that she had any bearing on whether or not people like licorice.

I'm in my 60s and have always hated it (as have my siblings who are all in their 50s and 60s).

PearTreeBoat · 27/04/2024 13:43

I'm 44 and absolutely love liquorice in all its forms!! We even used to eat liquorice root as kids but can't seem to find it anywhere now (our local chemist used to sell it in a jar beside the till).

StormingNorman · 27/04/2024 13:28

45 years old. Liquorice pipes and Catherine Wheels are my faves.

EBearhug · 27/04/2024 13:25

I have never seen rhubarb rock, but it sounds good.

Hellendegenerate · 27/04/2024 12:38

EBearhug · 27/04/2024 11:54

Coltsfoot rock (mentioned above) is fab.

Now this something I never wanted to be in the same room as but give me rhubarb rock please! 😁 is it no longer a thing? 😐

Okayden · 27/04/2024 12:31

DS2 13 loves it. Particularly the salty one.

teraculum29 · 27/04/2024 12:27

i m under 50s, cant stand in any form, especially in herbal teas

Godesstobe · 27/04/2024 12:23

I am 69 and I have always loathed licorice. Totally agree it is the devil's work.
I went to a friend's for dinner last year and they had cooked lamb with licorice. Why? I literally couldn't eat it - and I will normally eat anything, even tripe on one occasion, out of politeness. Everyone else loved it and asked for the recipe (!) so I wonder if it is one of those things that genuinely tastes different to different people if you have or don't have a certain gene (like coriander or the chemical PTC).

LimeLime · 27/04/2024 12:08

I love liquorice so much that I have to be careful and ration it as a friend ended up in hospital with arrhythmia and sky high blood pressure after bingeing on liquorice and red wine, not her finest hour as she is a doctor and should have known better.

loudbatperson · 27/04/2024 12:01

Ooooooo the talk of ice creams has reminded me of an ice-cream I used to adore.

It was from a stand in the Trocadero (my main teenage haunt, I can't believe it's gone). It was called tiger tail and was satsuma, vanilla and liquorice ice cream in a swirly pattern. I haven't seen anywhere else sell it but I would kill for some now.

loudbatperson · 27/04/2024 11:56

I adore liquorice and I am still a decade away from 50.

It's my favourite sweet treat.

EBearhug · 27/04/2024 11:54

Coltsfoot rock (mentioned above) is fab.

Porridgeislife · 27/04/2024 11:50

Oh and also liquorice confits - possibly my favourite sweet ever. Chocolate bullets too.

Porridgeislife · 27/04/2024 11:49

Under 50 and love it. Like the salty Dutch kind, the soft Darrell Lea kind, liquorice all sorts, fennel seeds, liquorice tea you name it.

RiderOfTheBlue · 27/04/2024 11:47

I love me a blackcurrant & liquorice sweet, when I can find them.

LadyAroundTown · 27/04/2024 11:47

I don’t mind it but will never have it again as it can cause high blood pressure

SleepingStandingUp · 27/04/2024 11:45

I'm not a weirdo, liquorice is awesome

Stressyfab · 27/04/2024 11:41

26 and love the stuff 😂

AmyandPhilipfan · 27/04/2024 11:40

Yuck, I can't stand it. But I do have fond memories of buying one of those sherbet things that came in a paper tube with a liquorice stick sticking out of the top. The idea was you dipped the liquorice into the sherbet, sucked the sherbet off then when it was all gone you would eat the liquorice. I would finish the sherbet then give the liquorice stick to my dad!

avatfl · 27/04/2024 11:31

I am 24. I do like it, and will eat it when offered, but it's not something I'd ever crave or buy for myself.

Ratfan24 · 27/04/2024 11:27

I quite like it but this has just reminded me of Nigella and her emergency liquorice case like one of those massive professional make-up kits filled with multiple different types of liquorice. She did a Christmas special in which she was cooking a meal for some unsuspecting friends on a barge. She made nuts spiced with liquorice although we suspected she added some kind of different liquorice from the box to every course.

Wednesdaysotherchild · 27/04/2024 11:27

42 and can’t stand it! DP same age but loves it due to being Dutch. Weirdo.

MoserRothOrangeandAlmond · 27/04/2024 11:24

YABU but im not the weirdo!! Haha!

I'm in my 30s and love it! I've always loved it! So does my daughter!