Licorice Review No. 2

In our quest to find the best and most Truly Scrumptious Liquorice in the world Katie and Iona present

Uncle John's

Fresh Licorice.

Good Points.

1. Good kangaroo-poo texture

2. Not too sweet and not too salty flavour.  

3. Generous pieces that could happily be floated on over Niagra-Falls.

4. Groovy 80's-esque wrapping.

5. An alright price of $4 for six pieces, just in our meagre price range.

6. Does turn teeth and tongue black, so as one can happily frighten everybody that one happens to drive past... (including lanky lads and their possum-toting palls... but I think that we might frighten them anyway)

Bad Points.

1. The bag of Uncle John's fresh licorice is hopeful; if beards are full of secrets this bag is full of promise and enticement. However, after closer inspection it appears that the bag is NOT EVEN HALF FULL OF LiCORICE! this leads to the sad conclusion that, like so many other things in life, things full of promise so often end up as things full of disappointment (this is true of all childhood birthday parties)

2. really, really big pieces that could happily floated on over Niagra-Falls. Owing to the sheer size of this licorice, some of the fun goes out of it. This licorice is not fun. This licorice is serious.

General Notes.

Iona: At first I was disappointed by this licorice's texture, but soon my doubts were alleviated when the following was discovered on the back of the packet "HOW TO ENJOY YOUR LICORICE" which tells you that if you like your licorice soft, warm it up in the mirowave for a few seconds (OH ARN"T YOU SO VERY CLEVER. Unfortunately owing to the hippy nature of my family I have used a microwave about twice in my life)despite this the texture and taste is just about perfect... For me however the true disappointment of this licorice came in the sheer solidity of the pieces. this is no ordinary licorice (whatever that is) but MAN-LICORICE, a no nonsense alternative to these silly effeminate things. "Real men eat Uncle John's" should be the slogan. Also what's up with "Licorice", I always thought it was "Liquorice"... the world is becoming an increasingly peculiar place... I give it three and a half plastic cowboys out of five, and now I am going to hide under my bed.

Kate: I have to say, eating these lovely big pieces of Licorice was a very "serious" business, mostly due to their massive size factor!! But though they are the bad boys of the licorice industry, one finds a certain amount of enjoyment in eating them and for some reason you feel like a hardcore cowboy out in the hot sun somewhere in Arizona (if they had cowboys there!! Did they??) In saying all that I can still say that these licorice sticks were very enjoyable. They were just the right amount of sweet and savoury which meant that you didn't get to much of a sugar hit! In saying that we did try to contact our friends and ask them silly questions while eating it... but they could be more fun size i.e a wee bit smaller so that you don't feel like you have to eat a massive piece all at once.  I am giving it four plastic cowboys out of five. Now you go try!!