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    SWEET ROOT

    Oct 10, 2018 2 minutes

    Words Jennifer Stackhouse

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    Licorice sticks, licorice allsorts, licorice straps, salty Dutch licorice … whatever form it comes in, we know it as a black, often-chewy confectionery. But what is licorice?

    The back of a packet of chocolate licorice sticks that just happens to be on my, from the Greek, literally means sweet () root ().

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