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Der Kyhe posted:No we wont. Brought back a jar and everyone I know either hated it, or barely mildly tolerated that stuff. 
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All of you scandalized at people liking licorice should check out another of Scandinavia/Finland's horrific inventions. Turkish Pepper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrkisk_peber It's basically a shell of hard, black licorice that isn't all that bad, but after about 20 seconds, it melts and dumps an entire gallon or so of ammonium chloride and pepper into your mouth all at once. I tried it when I was in Finland over the summer. It was horrific.
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Jan 23, 2018 17:33
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I'm sorry. I might be the weird one here, but would. 100%.
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Jan 23, 2018 17:35
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Captain Monkey posted:All of you scandalized at people liking licorice should check out another of Scandinavia/Finland's horrific inventions. And then do you wash it down with a big ol' shot of mallort?
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Jan 23, 2018 17:38
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This thread is certainly short of happy little Vegemites as bright as bright can be.
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Jan 23, 2018 17:43
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Tolypers colony with the lot of you, so this thread can get a Fresh Start.
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Captain Monkey posted:All of you scandalized at people liking licorice should check out another of Scandinavia/Finland's horrific inventions. Now there is also a "candy/fruit flavor"-variant. However they also contain the spoonful of ammonium chloride and pepper. And its one of the most liked candies around here.
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Captain Monkey posted:All of you scandalized at people liking licorice should check out another of Scandinavia/Finland's horrific inventions. This is loving awesome, I've eaten tons of it as a kid. You can also crush it and dissolve it into alcohol for shots.
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evobatman posted:This is loving awesome, I've eaten tons of it as a kid. This poster knows how it is.
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Jan 23, 2018 18:22
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I'm imagining Jägermeister that the cat pissed in, how far off am I?
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Apparently ammonium chloride neutralizes the natural bitterness of alcohol, so you can mix salty licorice with vodka and not realize how much you're drinking until you pass out.
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Jan 23, 2018 19:47
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chitoryu12 posted:Apparently ammonium chloride neutralizes the natural bitterness of alcohol, so you can mix salty licorice with vodka and not realize how much you're drinking until you pass out. In the Netherlands we've got licorice flavored liqueur called Dropshot. Drop = Dutch for licorice, and you tend to drink it as a shot. I used to to think they really went all-in on the pun, but maybe they realized people shouldn't be drinking something like that in a regular glass since it has 20% alcohol.
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I keep thinking this is the FOOF thread because ammonium chloride sounds like the last thing anyone would want to put into food but apparently it's non-toxic despite being made from ammonia and hydrochloric acid.
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Trig Discipline posted:And then do you wash it down with a big ol' shot of mallort? I was there with my very religious teetotaling in-laws, so no. I did get shitfaced in Helsinki a few days later, though and mallort was a disgusting part of that. Then we went to a bunch of bars, and ended up in a random Irish bar near a train station by the end of the night, where I went back to whiskey for the rest of the evening. edit: nvm, it was not mallort, I got it confused with akvavit. Yngwie Mangosteen has a new favorite as of 20:53 on Jan 23, 2018 |
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Jan 23, 2018 20:51
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I still haven't gone drinking in foreign countries, but I've had two "Oh poo poo" moments in NYC. One was at Maysville, a really nice whiskey bar where I decided to broaden my horizons and sample at least one of each type of whiskey and a Boulevardier. I ended up downing something like 7 ounces by the end of the night, at which point I had to take myself to dinner. The other was the Russian Vodka Bar near Times Square, which is a wonderful place with good food and strong drinks frequented by Russians. After I already had a cocktail that was mostly a glass of vodka, I ordered a shot of infused vodka for the road. The bartender gave me two for free.
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chitoryu12 posted:Apparently ammonium chloride neutralizes the natural bitterness of alcohol, so you can mix salty licorice with vodka and not realize how much you're drinking until you pass out. pffffff joke’s on you i can do that anyway
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Captain Monkey posted:I was there with my very religious teetotaling in-laws, so no. Malort's a specific brand. The general type of awful-tasting crap that Malort is is called bask. It's Swedish, not Finnish. But it's pretty bad. The worst part of Malort is that it's so persistent, you pretty much keep tasting it in your mouth for the next hour, and it just contaminates everything else you try to drink to get the taste out of your mouth. Akvavit is wonderful by comparison.
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Jan 23, 2018 21:16
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I had Malort and balut confused so the past several posts of this thread seemed weirder than usual
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Phanatic posted:Malort's a specific brand. The general type of awful-tasting crap that Malort is is called bask. It's Swedish, not Finnish. Yeah I googled it after to try and find the bottle and realized it was completely different, so I edited my post. Weirdly, the nearly identical (as far as I'm aware?) aquavit Brennivin that I had on the same trip while in Iceland was drinkable, but the 'akvavit' in Finland was just bad, it might've been the brand or something, it was hard to keep track of things once I started drinking with Finns.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I keep thinking this is the FOOF thread because ammonium chloride sounds like the last thing anyone would want to put into food but apparently it's non-toxic despite being made from ammonia and hydrochloric acid. Yeah, but did you know they make salt out of a metal that explodes on contact with water and a highly poisonous gas?
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Jan 23, 2018 22:18
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I will drink the dick off some aquavit but Malort is so loving nasty it has to be tasted to be believed.
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Jan 23, 2018 22:59
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John Hodgman said it tastes like “pencil shavings and regret”, and I think even that is generous.
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Jan 23, 2018 23:01
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I had Malort in a cocktail up in Detroit, but it was Anguish & Regret made with ras al hanout spice blend. Amongst the Bushes.
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Jan 23, 2018 23:07
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Malort once had a contest to come up with a new slogan and one of the best was "Jepson's Malort: Tonight you fight your dad."
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chitoryu12 posted:I had Malort in a cocktail up in Detroit, but it was Anguish & Regret made with ras al hanout spice blend. That sounds nothing like Malort, though. “I had Jagermeister in a cocktail, but it was Frangelico made with hazelnuts.” Did you ever make your torpedo juice? Phanatic has a new favorite as of 04:19 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Jan 24, 2018 04:08
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A Finnish friend of mine let me try some Turkish Pepper and I can't get enough of that stuff, so all you naysayers are bad.  However, I dislike Vegemite because it's not as strong as Marmite so maybe my taste buds are broken.
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I've eaten that. It's fairly similar to chocolate with salt, but there's a nice hint of Vegemite at the end. It's not something I'd go out of my way for (largely because I'm not that keen on milk chocolate) but I'd eat it again if it was offered to me.Ibblebibble posted:However, I dislike Vegemite because it's not as strong as Marmite so maybe my taste buds are broken.
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Phanatic posted:That sounds nothing like Malort, though. “I had Jagermeister in a cocktail, but it was Frangelico made with hazelnuts.” I've got the components for it and I'm just waiting for the right time. I was trying to rope my friend into doing it with me but I might have to do it on my own because of how incredibly busy she is. And technically it's still a kind of bask (though it can't be legally called Malort due to trademark) because it includes wormwood and is bitter with no sugar.
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Tiggum posted:s a nice hint of Vegemite 
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Agreed, gotta have more than a hint for it to be nice.
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Tiggum posted:Vegemite and English Marmite are very similar in taste, but Marmite has a little bit of a sourer taste and more of a honey-like texture. It's been years since I tried Australian Marmite, but it's quite different to English, being more the consistency of Vegemite but sweeter, as I recall. There's also Promite, which I think is pretty similar to Australian Marmite?
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Well, I just ordered some Turkish Pepper on Amazon. We'll see what happens. e: just noticed the version I ordered doesn't have pepper in it. 10 Beers has a new favorite as of 18:01 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Malort once had a contest to come up with a new slogan and one of the best was "Jepson's Malort: Tonight you fight your dad." Another finalist was "Because your pants aren't gonna poo poo themselves."
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10 Beers posted:Well, I just ordered some Turkish Pepper on Amazon. We'll see what happens. If you really want the cultural experience try ordering some Finnish tar candy if you find it. ...It's a dark frozen bog wasteland, we are bit short on delicacy over here.
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Another finalist was "Because your pants aren't gonna poo poo themselves." "Tastes like a witch's curse." is probably my favourite. Malort is awesome and great, gently caress all the haters!
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Everyone who likes it has Stockholm syndrome.
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I had Salmiakki icecream last time I was in Finland. The whole thing was salmiakki flavour, including the chocolate coating. The icecream itself was grey. Don’t eat salmiakki icecream. It’s depressing. Vegemite chocolate was delicious. It was basically just caramel Dairy Milk with a little Vegemite added to the filling. I’d have it again if they brought it back.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Everyone who likes it has Stockholm syndrome. Everyone who doesn't has no taste! 
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All of these "strange" foods I could reasonably see people eating but I still have never seen justification for: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming Just reading the "controversy" page alone is hilarious and I wonder if there's many people who enjoyed it the first time
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