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| Date | 2026-05-19 08:30 -0600 |
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| Subject | Re: Tested candy bar from another country |
| Newsgroups | rec.food.cooking |
| References | <tv4pdm-1ma.ln1@anthive.com> <6a0a2a05$0$18$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <MPG.44754e25ee5d460f9896e7@news.individual.net> <1779175855-4746@newsgrouper.org> <ubZOR.513250$d5bf.351938@fx07.iad> |
| From | Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> |
| Message-ID | <6a0c73ef$0$19$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink) |
On 2026-05-19 7:02 a.m., Dave Smith wrote: > 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. > When my sister was pregnant, she had a craving for licorice and my b-i-l had to buy it by the carton.
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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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