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Happy National Licorice Day

Sat Apr 12, 2008 at 06:17:34 AM
Today, as you might've guessed from the title, is National Licorice Day. Now we know Red Vines and Twizzlers and the like technically don't make use of the licorice plant, but we almost got sick eating three boxes of Red Vines before lunch the other day, so we gotta give the red stuff its due. (Plus we just kinda like the photo.)

Local purists might chose to celebrate this momentous holiday with dried root from Té House of Tea or a whip from The Chocolate Bar, but we're heading to the nearest corner store to get a wonderfully heavy tummy all over again. -- Keith Plocek

Category: Leftovers

4 Comments:

robb walsh says:

Red licorice is for sissies.

Elizabeth says:

The best licorice in the world is available at www.licoriceinternational.com or www.ilovelicorice.com

Superluckycat says:

Red licorice is just a satisfying a texture need. I love real black licorice but I also love Twizzlers and Red Vines, but as I eat them I always think about how not-tasty they are, it's truly a texture thing. As I write this, I am eating Twizzlers Fire! Peel licorice which is surprisingly hot - hotter than the very hot Hot Tamales and not bad.

robb walsh says:

I like Dutch dubbelzoute (double salt) licorice drops myself.

http://www.dutchlicorice-onlineshop.com

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