TIL that salty liquorice, a specialty in parts of Northern Europe, gets its saltiness not from sodium chloride (table salt) but instead ammonium chloride, giving it a "tongue-numbing" "almost-stinging" sensation. Many people unfamiliar with the taste find salty liquorice candy intense & distasteful.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquoricePosted Dec 14, 2018, 8:30 AM UTC
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