Liquorice - yum - SARS - bad!
June 13, 2003 1:29 AM Subscribe
Liquorice might help fight SARS the glycyrrhizin is perhaps the key. Will turkish peber finally be embraced by liquorice hating people?
Skryche, heard that too...yet have read the opposite???.
Wonder how the Scandinavians will do with their taste for licorice especially salted...mmm yuck on first time I had one, thought it was a joke. Not bad but seems better if your sugar consumption is low or none.
posted by thomcatspike at 5:15 AM on June 13, 2003
Wonder how the Scandinavians will do with their taste for licorice especially salted...mmm yuck on first time I had one, thought it was a joke. Not bad but seems better if your sugar consumption is low or none.
posted by thomcatspike at 5:15 AM on June 13, 2003
Just caught this about the turkish peber: The burn on your tongue will linger for a while, but it's not unpleasant. Not recommended for children! Bet Pippy would eat these.
posted by thomcatspike at 5:21 AM on June 13, 2003
posted by thomcatspike at 5:21 AM on June 13, 2003
And if the salty licorice isn't salty enough for you, there's always the double salt kind. I tried it once, but it was like swallowing a gulp of sea water.
posted by debralee at 5:38 AM on June 13, 2003
posted by debralee at 5:38 AM on June 13, 2003
Liquorice might help fight SARS
Mmm, liquor and rice! Isn't that the same thing as sake?
posted by MrBaliHai at 5:55 AM on June 13, 2003
Mmm, liquor and rice! Isn't that the same thing as sake?
posted by MrBaliHai at 5:55 AM on June 13, 2003
Salty liquorice is absolutely fine, but Turkish Pepper definitely is not.
I bought a jumbo tin back from Sweden a couple of years ago, and every now and then force one on a mate for a practical joke. It never fails to amuse. They taste like gunpowder.
posted by bifter at 6:52 AM on June 13, 2003
I bought a jumbo tin back from Sweden a couple of years ago, and every now and then force one on a mate for a practical joke. It never fails to amuse. They taste like gunpowder.
posted by bifter at 6:52 AM on June 13, 2003
Turkish Pepper is a treat! Fazer hasn't done too good with the license though. It somehow tasted better in the ol' days. In High School (in Denmark) we used to crush the Turkish Peppers (it's really like sugar candy) and then dilute them in vodka. That drink kicks your ass thoroughly and you won't realize it until it's too late. I've never been as drunk as when I've been drinking that stuff and I've learned to stay away from it. ...But for medicinal use I suppose it would be okay. ^_^
posted by cx at 7:43 AM on June 13, 2003
posted by cx at 7:43 AM on June 13, 2003
step 1, put turkish peber in half empty vodka bottle, step 2 put vodka bottled [closed tight!] into washing machine and melt the peber-candy that way, step 3 dilute with more vodka, step 4 get really drunk!
...or sell it = profit!
though I prefer pepper frogs, they're hotter than Turkish Peber. :)
posted by dabitch at 7:48 AM on June 13, 2003
...or sell it = profit!
though I prefer pepper frogs, they're hotter than Turkish Peber. :)
posted by dabitch at 7:48 AM on June 13, 2003
Ha! "glycyrrhizin" Sorry, until I clicked on the link I was convinced that you were shizzolating the word "glycerine.
posted by chandy72 at 7:55 AM on June 13, 2003
posted by chandy72 at 7:55 AM on June 13, 2003
Double salt licorice is an acquired taste for most.
But if you grew up of Dutch heritage as I did, then it was around the house a lot. Personally I like it.
Triple salt licorice is way too much though. And one must be careful not to eat too much at one time, as licorice is also a laxative.
posted by bwg at 8:13 AM on June 13, 2003
But if you grew up of Dutch heritage as I did, then it was around the house a lot. Personally I like it.
Triple salt licorice is way too much though. And one must be careful not to eat too much at one time, as licorice is also a laxative.
posted by bwg at 8:13 AM on June 13, 2003
OK, this is crazy. I'm Turkish and have never even heard of the "turkish peber".
I'm confident that it does not exist in Turkey. Where does the name come from? Is there paprika in it?
posted by tuxster at 9:14 AM on June 13, 2003
I'm confident that it does not exist in Turkey. Where does the name come from? Is there paprika in it?
posted by tuxster at 9:14 AM on June 13, 2003
'Course, SARS may be the least of your worries if you dose yourself with too much licorice- edema, headaches, and renal involvement are a possibility, and you definitely don't want to indulge if you have high blood pressure.
posted by headspace at 9:47 AM on June 13, 2003
posted by headspace at 9:47 AM on June 13, 2003
OK, this is crazy. I'm Turkish and have never even heard of the "turkish peber".
I'm confident that it does not exist in Turkey. Where does the name come from? Is there paprika in it?
Don't worry - it's just poetic brand license! Like french letters and danish pastries.
It's a salty liquorice sucking sweet, and I think it's actually made by a Finnish company - Fazer.
posted by bifter at 10:30 AM on June 13, 2003
I'm confident that it does not exist in Turkey. Where does the name come from? Is there paprika in it?
Don't worry - it's just poetic brand license! Like french letters and danish pastries.
It's a salty liquorice sucking sweet, and I think it's actually made by a Finnish company - Fazer.
posted by bifter at 10:30 AM on June 13, 2003
Tyrkisk Peber ("Turkish Pepper") is a Danish liquorice - but it was bought by a Finnish company that promptly shut down the Danish factory making it.
I don't know why it is called "Turkish" though.
Another candy loved by the Danes and hated by mostly everybody else is Super Piratos and candy like it. It's extremely salty and ammonium-tasting. Pure heaven! ;-)
posted by cx at 5:27 AM on June 14, 2003
I don't know why it is called "Turkish" though.
Another candy loved by the Danes and hated by mostly everybody else is Super Piratos and candy like it. It's extremely salty and ammonium-tasting. Pure heaven! ;-)
posted by cx at 5:27 AM on June 14, 2003
step 1, put turkish peber in half empty vodka bottle, step 2 put vodka bottled [closed tight!] into washing machine and melt the peber-candy that way, step 3 dilute with more vodka, step 4 get really drunk!
...or sell it = profit!
Did somebody say Salmiakki Koskenkorva?
Salmiakki = Finnish salty licorice
Koskenkorva = Finnish spiced vodka
Salmiakki Koskenkorva = head fulla' stars and a belly fulla' hurt.
posted by smrtsch at 8:26 AM on June 14, 2003
...or sell it = profit!
Did somebody say Salmiakki Koskenkorva?
Salmiakki = Finnish salty licorice
Koskenkorva = Finnish spiced vodka
Salmiakki Koskenkorva = head fulla' stars and a belly fulla' hurt.
posted by smrtsch at 8:26 AM on June 14, 2003
from link:
Flavors: none
now there's an understatement....
(I meant the dishwasher by the way, boiling the bottle in water takes a real long time.)
posted by dabitch at 4:57 AM on June 15, 2003
Flavors: none
now there's an understatement....
(I meant the dishwasher by the way, boiling the bottle in water takes a real long time.)
posted by dabitch at 4:57 AM on June 15, 2003
Man, WHY are *my* links always posted when I'm not online?? dabitch, I much prefer the frogs, too - but do you remember the Grusel lollipops? Aah, the good old days. Tyrkisk pepper doesn't taste anywhere near as good as it did when I was a kid. The dutyfree store at the airport in Oslo sellls a Tyrkisk pepper liqueur, btw, for those of you who find the dissolving in vodka too time-consuming...
posted by widdershins at 2:26 PM on June 16, 2003
posted by widdershins at 2:26 PM on June 16, 2003
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