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To say that noone under 50 likes liquorice?

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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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VestibuleVirgin · 27/04/2024 08:36

Bumhole? Are you 5 years old?

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 27/04/2024 08:34

Stay away from Denmark OP!

LayllasBees · 27/04/2024 08:33

Noooo YABVVVU liquorice is my favourite

bluecomputerscreen · 27/04/2024 08:30

yabu

I love the stuff, especially the scandinavian salmiak types.
I use them like throat sweets when I have to give talks or go for a run.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 27/04/2024 08:30

youdialwetile · 27/04/2024 00:01

49 and loving it. Just picked up a tray of liquorice toffee from the sweetie shop. Kids all love it too. DH - not so much.

Liquorice toffee is different though. I love that stuff.

But Pontefract cakes. No way🤮

BooksAndHooks · 27/04/2024 08:29

I adore it. I cannot be trusted to open a bag as I will eat the lot.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 27/04/2024 08:28

I'm over 50 and I think it's horrible. I mean... I can eat it. But why on earth would you want to?

SkyBloo · 27/04/2024 08:26

Omg now I'm gonna spend saturday hunting for black liquorice i bloody love it

Gorgonemilezola · 27/04/2024 08:24

Wonder if it's like coriander in that some people's taste buds just can't cope.

Poor DH has to limit his intake due to blood pressure issues but DM used to buy him a box full of different kinds of liquorice for Christmas every year.

And yes, liquorice gekato is a revelation.

CentrifugalBumblePuppy · 27/04/2024 08:17

DS is in his 30s, love it.

As do I, Dutch/Scandi heritage.

DH (Irish blood) calls the salted liquorice I love “Satan’s bum holes.”

AxolotlEars · 27/04/2024 08:12

Love it. My 16 year old loves it too....which is pretty weird as there's loads of food she won't eat (ASD)

jengachampion · 27/04/2024 08:12

Raspberry liquorice is nice

Purpleturtle45 · 27/04/2024 08:11

43 and love it!

DrLucyVanPelt · 27/04/2024 08:10

Under 50, love liquorice (in moderate amounts for reasons I won't elaborate on 😬).

Can absolutely recommend trying a 'Whitby Gothic' for anyone in that neck of the woods ... the best ice cream we've had in ages!

To say that noone under 50 likes liquorice?
soupfiend · 27/04/2024 08:00

BathshebaEverdene1 · 27/04/2024 00:03

I am over 50 and find it revolting.
Have you ever cone across a " Pontefract Cake"?
Disgusting!

How disappointed were you when you found out that Pontefract cake wasnt a cake?

I was devastated

Hate licorice and I hate people that pronounce it as licorice, instead of lickorish.

SmallScreen · 27/04/2024 07:58

My 7 year old loves licorice 😂

BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 27/04/2024 07:56

4 generations of my family aged 3 to 95 love liquorice, including the salty kind.

Figgygal · 27/04/2024 07:56

Whaaaat? I live it even when I was a kid I loved it and not even torpedoes or alsorts which are the best!!!!

CornedBeef451 · 27/04/2024 07:55

I'm 47 and like it and so does my 12 year old DS!

DD (15) had her first cola cube the other day from a retro sweet table and was horrified by the sharp edges.

She ended up spitting it out discreetly and couldn't understand how they could have been a delicacy in my childhood.

Duckinglunacy · 27/04/2024 07:54

When we went to Norway my kids really wanted to try liquorice at the pic n mix. I warned them not pick out so much and to choose maybe one piece and some other things. They did not listen and then wanted to eat my chocolate covered foam bananas!

Dacadactyl · 27/04/2024 07:53

Lol I'm 38 and love liquorice allsorts and those sherbet fountains with the liquorice stick.

My kids aged 17 and 12 are less keen but if that's all we had in, they'll eat it too.

DramaLlamaBangBang · 27/04/2024 07:51

I love it, and have an emergency supply of liquorice allsorts in my car!
DS 2 hates it. I can't even sneak anything remotely aniseedy into his food either as he can spot it a mile off!

qpid5tunt · 27/04/2024 07:48

I used to love red liquorice. The proper stuff, not that soft strawberry shit that they pass off as liquorice today. Anyone else remember it? Haven't seen it in the shops since early 80's. I enjoy the odd panda bar liquorice but it doesn't like ME very much. 💩💩💩😂

SoupChicken · 27/04/2024 07:48

I’m under 50 and I like it, it’s not my favourite but I wouldn’t turn it down if offered some.

hornsofahugedilemma · 27/04/2024 07:46

I'm over 50 and really dislike it. My dad was the same, he used to call Pontefract cakes devil's droppings! My husband loves the stuff, and buys it safe in the knowledge it won't get nicked by me (see also cheese and onion crisps!)