# Unusual foods you've recently tried for the first time

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [October 19, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-foods-youve-recently-tried-for-the-first-time/973477 "2022-10-19T07:47:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-foods-youve-recently-tried-for-the-first-time/973477/84 "2022-10-27T18:15:25Z")

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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](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-tried-real-licorice-and-am-pretty-impressed/963802):
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> 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice) 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…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras_albidum)

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