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	Podcast:		Gastropod
	Episode:		Licorice: A Dark and Salty Stranger
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:39:54
	Publish Date:		2020-03-10 13:58:00
	Description:		Licorice is a polarizing candy: there are those who pick out the black jelly beans, those who think Twizzlers are better than Red Vines, and those who won't travel without a supply of salty dark lozenges. The dark and chewy treat begins life as a plant root that is more than fifty times as sweet as sugar. This episode, we tell the story of how a traditional remedy become England's first branded candy, and we get to the bottom of a medical mystery (licorice poisoning!) in a tale that involves both Tutankhamun and Henry VIII.
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