So, when I saw the Apteekkarin Salmiakkipastilli, I had a pretty good idea what I was getting into from my Apteekkarin Pehmeä Salmiakkipastilli review and thought it'd be a great candy to share with my friends.
I was expecting basically the same thing, just without the "Pehmeä". Of course, I'm not sure what "Pehmeä " means, but I figured it's either "menthol" or "yellow packaging". This is what I found inside.
The candies looked like your typical hard candy, but they had a slightly rubbery texture. Not squishy rubber, more like the rubber on running tracks - or even asphalt on a hot day.
"They look like rabbit terds," one of my friends added before taking a whiff of one, "doesn't have much of a smell, though."
The taste wasn't very intense - in fact, it was fairly subtle. At least, until getting past the outer coating. The middle had quite the kick, but not nearly as strong as some of the Tyrkisk Peber I've tried. It was tolerable, but not something anyone would want to keep eating any longer than they had to. And as such, this earns the almost edible rating.
Wiktionary is your friend:
ReplyDeletepehmeä (comparative pehmeämpi, superlative pehmein)
soft; (of hair) silky; (of skin) smooth; (of sb's character/nature) mellow, gentle.
Yeah, those are the never worse version. They aren't strong or anything too special, I would even say mild. The older version of them was excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you have this blog. This entry finally got me off my ass and.. back on my ass so I could go order salmiakki online.
ReplyDeleteThere's none in Ireland, which makes me very sad - I absolutely adore the stuff. But now I've got 5.6kg of it in the post. Yum. :3
spurdo spärde XD ebin salami jakki :--DD
ReplyDeleteI dont understant why this person makes blog angaist salmiakki! Why not angaist fried snakes or scorpions? I think salmiakki is not as bad what he says!
ReplyDeleteYou know if you taste enough salt liquorize your mouth will get used to it and you will end up liking it:)
ReplyDeleteIt may be that the recipe for Apteekkarin Salmiakkipastilli was changed at some point. I remember those small candies and their taste. However, when I bought some Apteekkarin Salmiakkipastilli earlier this year, the candies in the pouch were completely different and the taste was interesting (and delicious) mixture of mild salmiac and anise.
ReplyDeleteTo Baughn:
You probably know the brand of cough sweets called Fisherman's Friend. The manufacturer, Lofthouse, has actually produced salmiac-flavored version for northern Europe and Scandinavia. While it apparently isn't sold by retailers in UK, according to Wikipedia "Lofthouse provides a mail order service allowing UK residents to obtain some of the more exotic or difficult to find flavours".
Pehmeä means soft.
ReplyDeleteNext time have a try at the new soft & filled Tyrkisk Peber Volcano. =D
ReplyDeletei really dont get it why you make a blog about salmiakki if you hate it?
ReplyDeletethat is just... stupid.
Because he had a huge amount of salmiakki sent to him by a fan of his other site, the Daily WTF, from Finland. And he decided it would be fun for us if he tried them all and rated them on a blog.
DeleteAnd it is.
And salmiakki rocks.
You need to do some new posts.
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