Feed The Craving
Dec. 13th, 2004 08:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annuinSo I just completed an order for a load of Dutch licorice. It's my Christmas present to myself, or that's a good enough excuse anyway. Or ourselves, as I know PreZ likes one of the types of licorice. He has yet to try the other three I'm getting, but I think he'll like those too, it's not like I got the weird stuff, like salt licorice.
It's not something I make a habit of, I've ordered from this place once before, and it was more than a year ago, if not closer to two. But I've been craving stuff from home, and so it was time for another order. Just over 4 kilos worth, which should last me a while :) I hope.
Heksenhyl, kokindjes, school krijt and a box of Venco's sweet mix. Yum.
It's not something I make a habit of, I've ordered from this place once before, and it was more than a year ago, if not closer to two. But I've been craving stuff from home, and so it was time for another order. Just over 4 kilos worth, which should last me a while :) I hope.
Heksenhyl, kokindjes, school krijt and a box of Venco's sweet mix. Yum.
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Date: 2004-12-13 08:35 pm (UTC)Okay, licorice to recommend:
Katjes aka cats. These are small hard cat shaped pieces of licorice. Sweet and yummy. You'll get a sore mouth trying to chew lots of these though because of their hardness... I guess it's one way to ensure you don't eat too many at once ;) Small pic here (http://www.hollandsedrop.com/katjes.jpg).
Honey licorice. Also a hard licorice, most often shaped like little beehives, sometimes like honeycomb. The honeycomb ones are often softer than the beehives. And they have honey flavouring. Small pic here (http://www.hollandsedrop.com/honing.jpg).
Coin licorice. Shaped like coins. Also a relatively hard licorice, though depending on the brand they sometimes can be softer. Small pic here (http://www.hollandsedrop.com/munt.jpg).
Kokindjes, no idea what an equivalent English name would be for these. They're small (think circumference of a thick ballpoint or so) half domes, with a K on them. Sweet, soft and chewy. Small pic here (http://www.hollandsedrop.com/kokind2.jpg).
These are quintessential licorice varieties, and they're bound to have them. Other than that, I guess asking the staff would be the best thing, maybe you'll get lucky and they might even let you try some :)