James Silverton wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> I don't know if it was in this ng but "salt licorice" was recently
> mentioned to cries of "Ugh" and disgust. Today, I saw salt licorice
> coins in sale in one of those bulk candy places in a mall. So what the
> heck, I bought a small quantity. You know it hardly tastes of salt, nor
> yet is very sweet but is hard, chewy licorice and I like it!
>

There are different degrees of saltiness. I buy licorice when I go to a
local Dutch store because it is so much fresher than anywhere else. I
have tried several different last licorices that they sell and some of
them are very salty, so salty that I couldn't handle it.