I love black licorice, and have for years. A few years back, I started to notice I'd get a headache if I ate some.
My wife told me she heard it was connected to higher blood pressure, which I was unable to confirm despite some self-testing. Still, the headaches persist. So I've been laying off.
Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
211–220 of 374 posts
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t know, seems reasonable to me. How many people on the street would know when asked what the safe dosage of liquorice is? Guess most would say it’s no worse than any sugary candy. Is it not similar to an allergy?
Inverse it - how many would think two bags a day, every day was good for their health?
The inverse to "not safe" isn't "good for their health", but "safe" (or at least not less safe than one would expect - i.e. that much sweet liquorice is also going to have a bunch of sugar, which is both widely known and documented on the packaging), which is more reasonable to think.
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
I loved eating that stuff as a kid growing up in Germany. Still do, but can't easily find it in Seattle. It's a very acquired flavor... just like I absolutely cannot get used to the taste of IPAs.
I've come across a few foods that appear to be heavily acquired tastes, and if you did not get used to it as a kid, it is very difficult to change your tastes. Licorice is definitely one for me, it makes me feel like I am eating tree sap. Others include perilla leaves (called sesame leaves in Korean cuisine) and cilantro (people who are not used to it says it tastes like soap).
I found it interesting that the coriander thing is genetic: https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-lik...
> However, some people find cilantro revolting, including, famously, the chef Julia Child. Of course some of this dislike may come down to simple preference, but for those cilantro-haters for whom the plant tastes like soap, the issue is genetic. These people have a variation in a group of olfactory-receptor genes that allows them to strongly perceive the soapy-flavored aldehydes in cilantro leaves.
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#214Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It's a very acquired flavor... I don't think that it is actually "acquired". You liked it as a child, and still do. I find it to be vile and inedible, and always have. This preference seems to innate and fixed.
Have you tried it more than 50 times?
If you detested it the first 49 times, why keep eating it?
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
I loved eating that stuff as a kid growing up in Germany. Still do, but can't easily find it in Seattle. It's a very acquired flavor... just like I absolutely cannot get used to the taste of IPAs.
I've come across a few foods that appear to be heavily acquired tastes, and if you did not get used to it as a kid, it is very difficult to change your tastes. Licorice is definitely one for me, it makes me feel like I am eating tree sap. Others include perilla leaves (called sesame leaves in Korean cuisine) and cilantro (people who are not used to it says it tastes like soap).
[deleted]
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#216Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
I loved eating that stuff as a kid growing up in Germany. Still do, but can't easily find it in Seattle. It's a very acquired flavor... just like I absolutely cannot get used to the taste of IPAs.
I grew up in Germany as well (Stuttgart) and love licorice, don't eat too much here but there are quite a few stores that carry it. Most NW IPAs are nasty, enough said. Luckily the microbrewers are coming off their hops high and returning to drinkable beers again. Lots of great lagers in Oregon right now.
Moved from Seattle to Asheville, and having good non-IPA options has been killer. I've talked to few folks here who say that sours are the new hotness. Not sure if thats a regional thing or a broader trend. Either way, suits my taste much better.
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reports of frivolous cases in the US are usually PR hit jobs from the company that lost their case.
Case in point, the off-maligned McDonald's woman. Take a look at the burns that woman sustained and the facts of the case to see how much of a hit job that was.
Yep. Everyone knows coffee is hot, but it shouldn't be so hot to give someone third-degree burns, fuse her labia together, and require skin grafts.
Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
#219Strong black licorice, "lakrids," abounds in Denmark. My brother visited me when I was living there and ate a pound or so of little, tobacco-pipe shaped licorice in an afternoon. He got profoundly ill with a racing heartbeat, lightheaded, dizzy and nauseous. I almost took him to the hospital but he refused. It took a couple of days before he felt good enough to get out of the apartment. Sometime after, I mentioned th…
Just want to point out that your post make it sound like the tobacco-pibe shaped licorice is strong licorice. It is actually some of the mildest you can possibly make.