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)
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:57 pm
by hepcat
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?
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:00 pm
by Carpet_pissr
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.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:00 pm
by LordMortis
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*
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:03 pm
by Daehawk
I had to look up red Vines. I HATE licorice of any type so I cant vote
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".
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:09 pm
by Carpet_pissr
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!
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:43 pm
by hepcat
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.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:45 pm
by Rumpy
Never heard of Redvines. We only have Twizzlers here.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:01 pm
by Zarathud
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.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:17 pm
by Blackhawk
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.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:19 pm
by Blackhawk
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.
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".
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".
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:35 pm
by em2nought
Swedish Fish you heretics.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:54 pm
by Anonymous Bosch
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…
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:56 pm
by Isgrimnur
So appetizing in appearance.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:29 pm
by Max Peck
I too shall submit a write-in ballot for real licorice, especially in the form of Allsorts.
It still tastes good chewed. Although most licorice today is actually anise flavored.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:30 pm
by Smoove_B
Salzlakritz consumers unite!
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:37 pm
by Max Peck
I've had, and enjoyed, double- and triple-salt Dutch licorice. It's definitely an acquired taste.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:38 pm
by Blackhawk
I'm taking notes on some of the licorice brands mentioned here, by the way.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:41 pm
by hepcat
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?
Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:42 pm
by Zarathud
We need to go out for some nice steaks, forget this ass flavored candy crap.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:44 pm
by Blackhawk
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:
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:57 pm
by Zarathud
OMFG, that is so funny.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:48 am
by Skinypupy
All licorice is vile.
All. Of. It.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:01 am
by Kraken
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 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.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:13 am
by Isgrimnur
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.
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".
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.)
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:11 am
by Zaxxon
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.
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).
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.
Re: Red Vines vs. Twizzlers - vote and be heard!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:27 am
by naednek
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.
"sour cream herring" and raise you "milk steak". 
