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[mipeltaja]

Today, I tasted Root Beer for the first time in my life.

Being Finnish, I don't really have room to talk (I eat salmiakki and mämmi, after all) but is this stuff seriously as popular in America as popular culture would have me believe? It tastes plain weird to me.

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[mipeltaja.livejournal.com]

There are a few different kinds of Finnish salmiakki, some of which even I don't like that much.

Sisu (http://www.leaf.fi/tuotteet/tuoteryhma/t=Sisu/gid=02.04) and Leijona () are perhaps the strongest kind, whereas this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Salmiakki_-_Halva.jpg) is what most people think of as the definitive salmiakki.

I believe it's made out to be so bad because most people expect candy to taste sweet, but salmiakki tastes more salty. Then there's the kind that has tar in it, which just weirds people out.

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[darylchan.livejournal.com]

o_O Salty licorice? Not sure if want. (I can't stand black licorice as it is.)

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[mipeltaja.livejournal.com]

Haha, you probably don't want. It's a much stronger taste than black licorice and most people who didn't grow up with find it very objectionable.
If you've ever tasted ammonium chloride, imagine that taste with a little bit of sugar and licorice in it, and you have a rough idea of what salmiakki candies taste like. Because pure salmiakki is simply ammonium chloride.

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[darylchan.livejournal.com]

I haven't, but yeah, probably do not want just based on your description.

(That other stuff you mentioned up there though? I Wiki'd it. It sounds good. *_*)