Thursday, June 13, 2019

Get To Know Licorice Rockies

By Robert Howard


Licorice is a plant of the same name and this is where you can extract that sweet flavor. This sweet flavor is being used to make candies and sweeteners. That brings you to licorice rockies, a short Dutch black licorice tube filled with a burst of sweet salmiak flavor. This candy is quite unique, and this is something that you need to try.

Some of you might not have heard about this product before, until now. Licorice is believed to have existed for centuries as record shows that Alexander the Great, Roman Emperors, and Pharaohs have consumed this, not as food, but in liquid form. Back then this was used for medical purposes as such has properties that produces medicinal benefits. They also drink this to quench their thirst.

Where did this start. This originated in Southern Asia, then it spread all across Southern Europe and the Middle East. The first sighting of licorice was in England, at the Pontefract monastery, where this was grown. This made the monastery famous, which the news about such plant spread later on to the United States.

The plant is not the same to your ordinary root. This root is far more special because of the anethole and sweet tasting compound that you can found within. Its unsaturated and aromatic ether compound can also be found in fennel, anise, and other herbs. Glycyrrhizin which provides sweet lovely taste is known to be 50 times sweeter than sugar.

You could make this desserts in two unique ways. Makers utilize a technique as indicated by the extent of their organization. For little makers, the procedure of cornstarch shaping. All fixings are consolidated to make a fluid that is steaming hot. After cooking, this is put in a mold for cooling down. This should be cooled to prepared it for pressing.

Large manufacturers make use of extrude method so that they can produce licorice ropes. In this method, hot liquid, coloring, and flavoring are combined and boiled together to reach a dough like consistency. The consistency must be dough like and thick so that forming it in different forms like rope is easy.

This flavoring is not just used for making sweets, it is also used to sweeten softdrinks and herbal teas to give them a sweet aftertaste. If you find the flavor familiar, then you might have intake medicines with licorice in it. They put this on medicines with unpleasant flavor so that the taste will be bearable, specially for children.

There are a good number of companies that manufactures rockies, and that includes Meenk, Katja, Venco, and Klene. So, when looking for these candies, look for these brands. You do not just find this candy in any store as not everyone is selling this. Your best choice are candy shops, specially Dutch candy shops.

These are sold at an affordable price. Of course, prices differs from manufacturer to manufacturer, but the price difference is not going to be that much. The flavor though has a small difference from one another only. When buying, do not forget to look at its details and see when is the expiration date to avoid consuming expired goods.




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