I'm not certain, of course, but I believe it would be much like barley water
or orange flower-water. That is, these all have in common that they are an
infusion of liquid and *insert flavoring here* (probably sweetened somehow
for youngsters and served "straight" for the more intrepid). My children
love to chew on licorice root from thealth food store.

Lis

"jonathan.west1" > wrote in message
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> Richmal Crompton's William keeps drinking Licorice Water.
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> How is this made, anyone? Do we use the root, or is it the proprietary
sweet
> merely boiled up.
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