Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:50 pm

I suspect this is yet another one of those East Coast vs. West Coast taste things, like a lot of others. Also maybe like mealy nasty Dunkin' Cakenuts vs proper Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Edit: now with images!

(not sure why all that stuff other than the image is on there, sorry! I hit "copy image address" like I normally do)

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:57 pm

Can you add an option for people who have tried them, but who'd rather have their teeth extracted like in Marathon Man instead of eat either of these vile, putrid, disgusting options?

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:00 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:57 pm Can you add an option for people who have tried them, but who'd rather have their teeth extracted like in Marathon Man instead of eat either of these vile, putrid, disgusting options?

No.

Next question!

I will say that I find Red Vines to be disgusting. The texture I guess. And while I recognize that Twizzlers are waxy, chemical soups of cancer, they are a guilty pleasure for me. I know they're trash food....but that is not this question.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:00 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:57 pm Can you add an option for people who have tried them, but who'd rather have their teeth extracted like in Marathon Man instead of eat either of these vile, putrid, disgusting options?

+1 Waxy failed almost strawberry flavoring... *shudder*

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:03 pm

I had to look up red Vines. I HATE licorice of any type so I cant vote

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:05 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:00 pm
hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:57 pm Can you add an option for people who have tried them, but who'd rather have their teeth extracted like in Marathon Man instead of eat either of these vile, putrid, disgusting options?
+1 Waxy failed almost strawberry flavoring... *shudder*

To your point, at least for Twizzlers, I've always found it hilarious how hard they failed on the "strawberry" flavor, or lack thereof. But again, I'm ok with that...I like they flavor they have, and when I tried their take on cherry, went straight back to the OG "strawberry".

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:09 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:03 pm I had to look up red Vines. I HATE licorice of any type so I cant vote

Poppycock...yours is the third option, sir!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:03 pm I had to look up red Vines. I HATE licorice of any type so I cant vote

Welp, you've done it OO. You've found something even Daehawk won't eat. And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:45 pm

Never heard of Redvines. We only have Twizzlers here.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:01 pm

Twizzlers are only fit for old ladies to suck on and smack co-workers in the ass with. Because in the 80s grocery store, ladies could get away with sexual harassment of teenage boys and co-workers.

True story why licorice is unfit for adult consumption.

I have a similar story why I can’t drink vodka.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:17 pm

None of the above. Ick.

Licorice, on the other hand, is one of my favorite candies.

And a double-smack on anyone who calls it 'red licorice.' Licorice is a flavor (or the plant it originally came from), not a shape.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.

I'd avoid the second bit, but I do love some good pickled herring. Which is, sadly, hard to find. Wine herring (which is tolerable) and sour cream herring (which is not) are both all over, but actual pickled herring? Nowhere.

And yes, I also enjoy extra strong stinky cheeses.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:33 pm

pickled and herring are both nice words.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:16 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm
hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.
I'd avoid the second bit, but I do love some good pickled herring. Which is, sadly, hard to find. Wine herring (which is tolerable) and sour cream herring (which is not) are both all over, but actual pickled herring? Nowhere.

And yes, I also enjoy extra strong stinky cheeses.

I'll see your "sour cream herring" and raise you "milk steak".

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:17 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm
hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.
I'd avoid the second bit, but I do love some good pickled herring. Which is, sadly, hard to find. Wine herring (which is tolerable) and sour cream herring (which is not) are both all over, but actual pickled herring? Nowhere.

And yes, I also enjoy extra strong stinky cheeses.

I'll see your

"sour cream herring" and raise you "milk steak".

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:35 pm

Swedish Fish you heretics.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:54 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:17 pm None of the above. Ick.

Licorice, on the other hand, is one of my favorite candies.

And a double-smack on anyone who calls it 'red licorice.' Licorice is a flavor (or the plant it originally came from), not a shape.

Amen. This is the correct answer. Also, speaking as a Brit, this is how the fine produce of Bertie Bassett is correctly spelled…

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:56 pm

So appetizing in appearance.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm

I too shall submit a write-in ballot for real licorice, especially in the form of Allsorts.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:56 pm

So appetizing in appearance.

It still tastes good chewed. Although most licorice today is actually anise flavored.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:30 pm

Salzlakritz consumers unite!

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:37 pm

I've had, and enjoyed, double- and triple-salt Dutch licorice. It's definitely an acquired taste.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:38 pm

I'm taking notes on some of the licorice brands mentioned here, by the way.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:41 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:16 pm
I'll see your "sour cream herring" and raise you "milk steak".

Is that like a sloppy steak?

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:42 pm

We need to go out for some nice steaks, forget this ass flavored candy crap.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:44 pm

Zarathud wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:42 pm We need to go out for some nice steaks, forget this ass flavored candy crap.

Spoiler:

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:57 pm

OMFG, that is so funny.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:48 am

All licorice is vile.

All. Of. It.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:01 am

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm It still tastes good chewed. Although most licorice today is actually anise flavored.

AKA fennel. I have a few good recipes that use fennel or fennel seeds. I don't have a strong opinion on licorice candy but I do like anise/fennel in food.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:50 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:01 am
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm It still tastes good chewed. Although most licorice today is actually anise flavored.
AKA fennel. I have a few good recipes that use fennel or fennel seeds. I don't have a strong opinion on licorice candy but I do like anise/fennel in food.

Different plants that both happen to taste a lot like licorice. The flavor in anise is much stronger.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:13 am

Kraken wrote:
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm It still tastes good chewed. Although most licorice today is actually anise flavored.
AKA fennel. I have a few good recipes that use fennel or fennel seeds. I don't have a strong opinion on licorice candy but I do like anise/fennel in food.

Now I want a Stouffer’s French bread pizza.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:17 am

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:50 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:01 am
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm It still tastes good chewed. Although most licorice today is actually anise flavored.
AKA fennel. I have a few good recipes that use fennel or fennel seeds. I don't have a strong opinion on licorice candy but I do like anise/fennel in food.
Different plants that both happen to taste a lot like licorice. The flavor in anise is much stronger.

I did not know that. My supermarket sells fennel and calls it anise.

Also, good job everyone for not saying "anise tastes like ass".

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:19 am

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:41 pm
Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:16 pm
I'll see your "sour cream herring" and raise you "milk steak".
Is that like a sloppy steak?

I dunno, is it?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:04 am

Zarathud wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:42 pm We need to go out for some nice steaks, forget this ass flavored candy crap.

Once this moved anus flavored sugar wax, this thread went from bad to horrible.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:51 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:17 am Also, good job everyone for not saying "anise tastes like ass".

I mean, it's kind of a given, isn't it?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:07 am

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm
hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.
I'd avoid the second bit, but I do love some good pickled herring. Which is, sadly, hard to find. Wine herring (which is tolerable) and sour cream herring (which is not) are both all over, but actual pickled herring? Nowhere.

And yes, I also enjoy extra strong stinky cheeses.

You would love my neighborhood. We have the original Hagen's Fish Market, and they have multiple varieties of both canned and fresh pickled herring. Hagen's Fish Market

Then at the Mariano's grocery store, down at the end of my block, they have just put in a free-standing 4 sided display filled with all kinds of varieties of canned fish. So, I kind of live in pickled herring central.

(And red vines and twizzlers are both disgusting.)

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:11 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:03 pm I had to look up red Vines. I HATE licorice of any type so I cant vote

The good news is the neither of these has anything whatsoever to do with licorice.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:21 am

hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:07 am
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm
hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.
I'd avoid the second bit, but I do love some good pickled herring. Which is, sadly, hard to find. Wine herring (which is tolerable) and sour cream herring (which is not) are both all over, but actual pickled herring? Nowhere.

And yes, I also enjoy extra strong stinky cheeses.
You would love my neighborhood. We have the original Hagen's Fish Market, and they have multiple varieties of both canned and fresh pickled herring. Hagen's Fish Market

Then at the Mariano's grocery store, down at the end of my block, they have just put in a free-standing 4 sided display filled with all kinds of varieties of canned fish. So, I kind of live in pickled herring central.

(And red vines and twizzlers are both disgusting.)

Mariano's on Elston? That's where I shop! (I can also walk to Hagen's when I want fish).

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:26 am

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:21 am
hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:07 am
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm
hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm And I've seen him finish an old can of pickled herring he found in a carnie's discarded backpack.
I'd avoid the second bit, but I do love some good pickled herring. Which is, sadly, hard to find. Wine herring (which is tolerable) and sour cream herring (which is not) are both all over, but actual pickled herring? Nowhere.

And yes, I also enjoy extra strong stinky cheeses.
You would love my neighborhood. We have the original Hagen's Fish Market, and they have multiple varieties of both canned and fresh pickled herring. Hagen's Fish Market

Then at the Mariano's grocery store, down at the end of my block, they have just put in a free-standing 4 sided display filled with all kinds of varieties of canned fish. So, I kind of live in pickled herring central.

(And red vines and twizzlers are both disgusting.)
Mariano's on Elston? That's where I shop! (I can also walk to Hagen's when I want fish).

Yeah! It's right at the end of my street. I'm surprised I haven't run into you there. I'm walking down there seems like at least once a day.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:27 am

Twizzlers are so horrible. Those go straight to the garbage during halloween. We also raise our kids right and refuse to let them eat them due to their nastiness.

I actually thought hepcat would be a twizzler guy

Red Vines or Twizzlers? (red, OG versions of both, not the crappy alts)