Re: Tested candy bar from another country

From	dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups	rec.food.cooking
Subject	Re: Tested candy bar from another country
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Date	2026-05-19 19:19 +0000
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Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

> On 2026-05-19 3:30 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > 
> > Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
> > 
> >> In article <6a0a2a05$0$18$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
> >> j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
> >>>
> >>> On 5/17/2026 11:55 AM, songbird wrote:
> >>>>     someone gave us a candy bar from a european country.
> >>>>
> >>>>     i could see why they gave it to us.
> >>>>
> >>>>     it was as bad as pretty much any of the cheap cruddy
> >>>> candy bars that are made in the USoA.
> >>>
> >>> You "tested" it?  Someone gave you a candy bar from some foreign country
> >>> to "test"?  Why not divulge the name of the candy bar?
> >>
> >>   he posted Cloetta Kex Chocolate Wafer
> >>
> >>    Which is a wafer biscuit.
> >>
> >> Kex  means biscuit (UK)  of cookie (USA)
> >>
> >>    Janet UK
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>     barely had any chocolate coating on it at all and
> >>>> the flavor was pretty much sweet nothing.  no chocolate
> >>>> flavor.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>     songbird
> >>>
> >>> This post is rather silly.  Then again, I happen to like US chocolate.
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > Most Americans won't care for non-American candies. From what I've seen,
> > candies from other countries are just kind of weird. Kex is a Swedish candy.
> > My step-mom would bring us Swedish candy and it's not an impressive lineup.
> > Americans won't care for Asian candies or Mexican candies either. The Japanese
> > candies are not very sweet and Mexican candies tend to contain chili pepper in
> > them. I find them to be too spicy. The receptionist at work is Latina and her
> > little girls just love some of the candies I've brought them - I can't handle
> > the heat of them. It's quite a funny thing. The Mexicans seem to have a thing
> > for tamarind.  There's a lot of tamarind based candy in Mexico.
> > I recently tried a popular candy from Iceland. Curiously, it's called "Sambo."
> > I thought it was not bad. Beats me why that is. I'm not a fan of licorice but
> > I'd eat one, given the chance.
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDS5l9C7RpQ&t=125s
> 
> Black licorice is a thing in north western Europe. Some of them are 
> salty, and I mean really salty.  The local Dutch stores always have a 
> good supply of black licorice and the arrange them my order of 
> saltiness.  Salty black licorice is also popular in Denmark.
> 
> 

I can't say if Americans have much experience with licorice. From what I read,
most licorice sold in America contains no licorice root. The rest of the world
is using it all up. The Iceland Samba candy didn't taste like I expected. It was
pretty tasty and not at all like what I'm used to. 

When we were in the UK, I wanted to try their famous Aero bar. I think that most
Americans would find it to be reminiscent of old, dried up, crumbly, chocolate. 
We're used to chocolate that melts in the mouth and has a highly refined 
smoothness to it. I suppose the Brits and the Canadians find the Aero bar experience
to be quite different from my American mouth.

https://britishfooddepot.com/nestle-aero-milk-chocolate-giant-bar-90g

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Tested candy bar from another country songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-05-17 11:55 -0400
  Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-17 17:24 +0000
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 03:45 +1000
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-17 20:00 +0000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> - 2026-05-17 14:20 -0600
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 16:39 -0500
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-17 14:38 -0400
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-17 20:10 +0000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 16:40 -0500
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-17 16:52 -0400
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-17 17:27 -0400
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 08:27 +1000
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-17 18:31 -0400
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 17:59 -0500
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 16:47 -0500
  Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-17 17:53 +0000
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-17 16:51 -0400
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-17 17:23 -0400
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-17 22:43 +0000
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 08:57 +1000
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-17 23:36 +0000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 18:51 -0500
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-05-18 02:49 +0000
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> - 2026-05-17 22:40 -0600
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-05-18 09:16 +0000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-17 19:52 -0400
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 19:13 -0500
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-05-18 07:26 -0400
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-05-18 09:14 +0000
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> - 2026-05-18 07:44 -0600
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-05-18 02:34 +0000
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 12:38 +1000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 04:56 +0000
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 17:24 +1000
  Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-17 16:50 -0400
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-17 17:18 -0400
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-17 17:22 -0400
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 00:29 +0000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 01:08 +0000
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-17 21:43 -0400
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 02:32 +0000
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-17 22:52 -0400
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-05-18 07:39 -0400
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> - 2026-05-18 07:46 -0600
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-05-18 17:06 +0000
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-18 13:17 -0400
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> - 2026-05-18 11:20 -0600
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-18 13:27 -0400
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-05-18 21:39 +0000
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-19 04:47 +1000
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 17:38 +0000
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-18 14:18 -0400
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 18:44 +0000
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 18:49 +0000
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-18 15:03 -0400
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> - 2026-05-18 13:48 -0600
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 11:30 +1000
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 20:20 +0000
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-19 06:50 +1000
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-18 16:03 -0500
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-19 07:45 +1000
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> - 2026-05-18 15:35 -0600
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-05-18 09:20 +0000
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-05-20 05:25 -0400
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 07:25 +1000
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 17:22 -0500
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 08:46 +1000
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-17 16:44 -0500
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-05-18 17:26 +0100
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-18 13:01 -0400
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-05-20 05:27 -0400
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-20 07:59 -0400
      Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-19 07:30 +0000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-19 18:23 +1000
        Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-19 09:02 -0400
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> - 2026-05-19 08:30 -0600
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-19 12:43 -0400
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-19 11:43 -0400
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-19 19:45 +0000
          Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-19 19:19 +0000
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-19 17:56 -0400
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-20 22:27 +0000
                Re: Tested candy bar from another country Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-05-20 19:04 -0400
            Re: Tested candy bar from another country songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-05-20 05:12 -0400
              Re: Tested candy bar from another country dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-20 22:36 +0000
    Re: Tested candy bar from another country songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-05-20 05:19 -0400
  Re: Tested candy bar from another country Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-05-18 17:16 +0100

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