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The story of Britain's oldest sweet, the Pontefract Cake (2019)

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190710-the-strange-story-of-britains-oldest-sweet
8•thomassmith65•1d ago

Comments

sandworm101•1h ago
An "sweet" made out of rotten roots, which tastes like medicine and is sticky enough to pull out fillings ... sounds like an english recipe to me.
ErroneousBosh•1h ago
Have you ever tried this stuff called "root beer" that Americans all seem to be into?

Sugary-sticky medicine flavoured stuff made from a poisonous plant. It's the sort of thing I'd expect from a country with absolutely no food culture like the US.

PowerElectronix•42m ago
Ladies, ladies, stop with the quarreling. Both countries are equally terrible when it comes to gastronomy.
ginko•1h ago
Where do you take the "rotten" part from? I assume it's made out of regular dried liquorice roots.
justin66•14m ago
It's deliberately unappetising. The holy grail is hidden inside.

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The story of Britain's oldest sweet, the Pontefract Cake (2019)

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190710-the-strange-story-of-britains-oldest-sweet
8•thomassmith65•1d ago•5 comments

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