Unusual foods you've recently tried for the first time

[psychonaut]

Until now I’d completely forgotten about this highly relevant thread of mine from May of this year:

So I just tried real licorice, and am pretty impressed

I’m one of those folks who can’t stand black licorcice candy. I find the flavour revolting—almost nauseating. Give me a bag of assorted-flavour candy, and I’ll hand it back to you with all the icky black ones rattling around forlornly at the bottom of the bag. I was vaguely aware that there is also a licorice plant that the candy is named after. However, I always figured that it’s one of those botanicals that’s never used any more, similar to how root beer is no longer made with real sassafr…