The Nordic countries do love their salty liqourice! In Iceland, we eat an unhealthy amount of it and it is sooooo delish! Our Swedish cousins are, as well, hardcore.
I’m a Swede married to an Icelandic woman. We eat an obscene amount of salty licorice in our household. But yeah, I feel that Icelanders and swedes are the masters of strong licorice in the world. With the Finns coming in second after our shared first place. Iceland has the best chocolate licorice though. The “Sterkar djúpur” ❤
As a Swede, I think the rest of the world is trolling when they say they don't enjoy licorice. Basically if you don't enjoy it I am not going to trust you.
The thing about salty liqourice is that its not acual table salt, but rather amoniumchloride (salmiak) wich is a sour salt composition - present in the product or dusted with it. It would appear the salmiak doesnt behave as actual salt with blood pressure, its rather the liqourice itself that affect blood pressure depending on the amount of Glycyrrhizin present in the product, and amount of candy consumed.
Chemistry is great… take two relatively lethal compounds, hydrochloric acid and ammonia, combine them the correct way and you get ammonium chloride… sal ammoniac…. It miiiihgt also be known as battery acid, please don’t drink battery acid…
@@AuroraMeansDawn27 licorice itself does raise BP, but if you have high BP you can get it down much more by simply reducing carbohydrates in your diet (you will lose a bit of water weight in the process, that's what is upping the pressure in the first place in most circumstances), though inflammation can be a culprit too
As a Dane, who's also a picky eater, I'm absolutely delighted to watch this -- cause salty licorice is one of the very few things that many people (at least internationally) don't like, but I absolutely LOVE 🖤
Have had something like this, I think - it was from Europe. I was glad I didn’t go to that store often, as I liked that stuff. If I had money left over, I’d buy it!
That "At least it can't get worse than this", followed immediately by a transition to the carolina reaper version was hilarious. Almost choked from laughing.
Danish guy here , we love that in Denmark its a kid candy .. but its not salt, like seasalt, its AMMONIUM CHLORIDE salt. but if you want to be a Viking you have to eat it
@@fr2ncm9 Yes, it's not quite as strong imo or maybe strong in a different way. Regular salt in that amount would scare me away but this kind I actually like.
I'm from Denmark and when they dished out the second liquorice I knew immediately that that was not cocoa powder but liquorice powder, because if there is a powdery substance on top of licorice in Scandinavia it is always licorice powder which is very concentrated with salmiak salt.
The white Svenskjävlar is something i will buy every so often from the local licorice shops and just eat throughout a day if it sits on my desk. They sell pure salmiak powder here in Sweden as well under a few brands that you can just eat like one might a powdered candy of some kind.
As a Swede i'm a true licorice fan but I must say that Svenskjävlar is on another level and after one or two its enough. And maybe its good because it sooo salty. And I can eat a whole bag of Djungelvrål 😅 But I love salt, I think it is in the nordic/Scandinavian DNA😂
It's for the better as well if you dose it right. Both licorice and salt in too high quantities is bad for your blood pressure. My dad had to give up licorice (even sweet) completely about 20-25 years ago because his blood pressure was too high.
Salt have saved Scandinavians for centuries. For several centuries we use the salt to make the meat and fish last longer. Without potatoes and salt meat and salt fish we have been dead for a long time ago. So thats why Scandinavians love salt liqourice, we have it in our veins. Its jummy😋😋😋👍
@@defeqel6537 we could not just eat salt fish and salt meat we add some potatoes too. Had you tried to swedish way? Make Hasselbackspotatoes next time you would have mest for dinner.
Except the salt is different in the licorice. Ammonium chloride, Not Natrium Chloride. 2 different things. I am a Finn and salmiakki does not taste salty at all.
a"salted" my senses, very good. And I will say what some others have said, was nice to see a guest appearance from John, been a while, nice to see you back.
I could not have clicked on this faster xD The salty svenskjävlar is my favorite liquorice. I am looking at my jar right now, they are so delicious xD I guess swedes are built different when it comes to liquorice and salt :P
A bit of suffering and a Sharpson ...ah it's almost nostalgic isn't it? Sorry you were a-salt-ed for our amusement everyone. Very funny, and well endured!
Very nice video see Pagan her smile is as bright as the sun and her blue eyes are nice as the sky . plus very nice laugh . Enjoying some of the Swedish Licorice candy . My favorite Jelly Beans are Black ones.
eating salty licorice while watching this. I love it a lot and it is one of my favourite candies ever. I've heard people say it feels like they been pisoned eating it but I can't get enough of it.
Heey, finally - Ive been waiting for this moment when you get to try the saltiest of them all!!! And yes... my mouth is all watery now, so I'm going to take a bit of the saltiest Svenskjävlar now. :) /Swede
I just ordered from one of those gourmet liquorice websites in Sweden, they sell these too but I've already had these so I ordered some new salty stuff. I love it.
Wow! So glad you got to taste these! I love them but even as a Swede, one of them per day is enough for me ór they'll mess up my stomach :) The reaper ones are juuust on the edge of what is tolerable for me without suffering. The default salty ones are the best! Always have a can at home, and yes, they're the saltiest you can get :)
The Nordic countries do love their salty liqourice! In Iceland, we eat an unhealthy amount of it and it is sooooo delish! Our Swedish cousins are, as well, hardcore.
I’m a Swede married to an Icelandic woman. We eat an obscene amount of salty licorice in our household. But yeah, I feel that Icelanders and swedes are the masters of strong licorice in the world. With the Finns coming in second after our shared first place. Iceland has the best chocolate licorice though. The “Sterkar djúpur” ❤
As a norwegian i can confirm. 😆
Licorice will save us all
As a Swede, I think the rest of the world is trolling when they say they don't enjoy licorice. Basically if you don't enjoy it I am not going to trust you.
@@OrnithopteraDon't tell Finns you said that, you might get some strong objections.
The thing about salty liqourice is that its not acual table salt, but rather amoniumchloride (salmiak) wich is a sour salt composition - present in the product or dusted with it.
It would appear the salmiak doesnt behave as actual salt with blood pressure, its rather the liqourice itself that affect blood pressure depending on the amount of Glycyrrhizin present in the product, and amount of candy consumed.
Chemistry is great… take two relatively lethal compounds, hydrochloric acid and ammonia, combine them the correct way and you get ammonium chloride… sal ammoniac…. It miiiihgt also be known as battery acid, please don’t drink battery acid…
Even actual salt isn't that bad for blood pressure, eliminating salt usually drops BP by only a few points
Interesting. I LOVE black licorice, also salted licorice. But my cardiologist told me to stop
@@AuroraMeansDawn27 licorice itself does raise BP, but if you have high BP you can get it down much more by simply reducing carbohydrates in your diet (you will lose a bit of water weight in the process, that's what is upping the pressure in the first place in most circumstances), though inflammation can be a culprit too
@@AuroraMeansDawn27 yeah the Glycyrrhizin present in liqourice is the reason
“Swedish Bastards?” That sounds like a Scandinavian punk rock band.
Probably a danish or norwegian one, aye
@@sveinstmobekken2175 You ain’t wrong, partner.
Comment of the day! 👍
I mean, Sabaton's got a song called "Swedish Pagans," so... close enough?
@@The2econd3vil3xes Perhaps. But I would probably put “Swedish Bastards” in a similar vein as the Dropkick Murphys.
As a Dane, who's also a picky eater, I'm absolutely delighted to watch this -- cause salty licorice is one of the very few things that many people (at least internationally) don't like, but I absolutely LOVE 🖤
Heksehyl and Super Piratos are awesome. Rema's store-brand salt licorice chocolate balls are also pretty spiffy.
Sweet finish liquorice ❤
Have had something like this, I think - it was from Europe. I was glad I didn’t go to that store often, as I liked that stuff. If I had money left over, I’d buy it!
My family is from the Netherlands and salted licorice was used as a treat and as a medicine for a sore throat.
"I'm not saying that's bad, but it made made me wish that I've always been dead." Oh, man, that one got me. 😂
That "At least it can't get worse than this", followed immediately by a transition to the carolina reaper version was hilarious. Almost choked from laughing.
Swede here and could not have clicked faster to watch this 😂
Dane here and I agree! :D How can you not love licorice?
another swede here, my mouth started watering from all of those lovely candies.
Watching this wonderful vid while chewing on Djungelvrål 😅
@@obbekjaerit’s vile fun sucking candy 😂 truly awful
I might be swedish, cuz that candy looks fantastic and I want some..... literally eating salt while I watch
Danish guy here , we love that in Denmark its a kid candy .. but its not salt, like seasalt, its AMMONIUM CHLORIDE salt. but if you want to be a Viking you have to eat it
It's a better tasting salt than regular table salt. 👍
Salmiakki (sp?)…
Ammonium chloride is salmiak.
@@Bmin12ty yes but we in the eu called it salmiak, in the rest of the world its called
Ammonium chloride
It tastes way different than normal table salt
Norwegian here. Looooove salty licorice! Even better: Spicy, salty licorice. Yum!
There's spicy licorice?? As a Mexican, I could get behind that.
Edit: just finished the video. I'm still curious about the spicy one.
Is it a different kind of taste compared to table salt?
@@PumpkinPails It tastes of srawberries too. LOVE them!
@@fr2ncm9 Yes, it's not quite as strong imo or maybe strong in a different way. Regular salt in that amount would scare me away but this kind I actually like.
My Morfar was from Norway. I grew up in the U.S. eating this. Soooo good.
As a Swedish person, when the Carolina reaper licorice came in, I was like “ooooooohhhh” have not tried that yet 😂😂😂
I have a bottle (?) of those. I was a bit disappointed in the flavor, honestly. So far I think "salta fiskar" are my favorite.
Smålänningar is the shit
Don't know how long ago this was taped, but it was nice seeing John again. Don't know how the taste buds any of the tryers survived this.
Tastes you don't like don't damage your sense of taste.
Yes it has been a very long time since either Sharpson has been in a video.
RIP John
First they ended Justine with durian, now Paddy with this…
_”Irish Hunger Games”_
@@bcaye this is not not liking, this is an overdose of salt, YES it can damage you
I've missed John Sharpson so much. I love his presence on this channel.
Hoping they’re going back to interesting videos and tryers
You broke Paddy! That NEVER happens!😂😂
The man did a hole shot to the trash can.
Paddy didn't drink anything for the one chip challenge. That this beat him says a lot 😅
@@GeorgieB1965 I'm not sure if you meant "whole" but I like your way better.💙
@@DravenGal Thanks, but it would've probably made more sense if I'd said "burn out" instead.
@@GeorgieB1965 Okay, only familiar with that term in the sense it means your sick of something. Like "I am so burnt out on work!"
SO good to see John in another video! The Sharpsons are my favorite Tryers.
Good to see John again!
And they're already trying to get rid of him again :D
Isn't it :)
I'm from Denmark and when they dished out the second liquorice I knew immediately that that was not cocoa powder but liquorice powder, because if there is a powdery substance on top of licorice in Scandinavia it is always licorice powder which is very concentrated with salmiak salt.
I know the brand.. It says chockade svenskdjävlar on it.. Chockade does not mean chocolate. It means shocked...
The white Svenskjävlar is something i will buy every so often from the local licorice shops and just eat throughout a day if it sits on my desk. They sell pure salmiak powder here in Sweden as well under a few brands that you can just eat like one might a powdered candy of some kind.
Yah! John is back!🤗
You know its a good shoot when Paddys face displays all the possible colours!
Reminded me of Randall in Monsters Inc. when Boo is hitting him over the head with the plastic baseball bat.
Human litmus paper
The transition to the Carolina Reaper variant might be my favorite TRY transition of all time, absolutely brilliant!
Paddy..."It can't get worse than this" are famous last words. 🤣
Then the Carolina Reaper one comes in.
Love your videos! We've been missing the Sharpsons! 😀
As a Swede i'm a true licorice fan but I must say that Svenskjävlar is on another level and after one or two its enough. And maybe its good because it sooo salty. And I can eat a whole bag of Djungelvrål 😅
But I love salt, I think it is in the nordic/Scandinavian DNA😂
Does salt not help prevent you from freezing? 😉
@@michaelhoward142 no, that would be the booze
It's for the better as well if you dose it right. Both licorice and salt in too high quantities is bad for your blood pressure. My dad had to give up licorice (even sweet) completely about 20-25 years ago because his blood pressure was too high.
Think it´s al the sea water the nordik people have swallow`d from times beginning.. we have evolved ...
@@obbekjaer its the licorice that increases the bloodpressure, but too much salt isnt good either. But licorice is the main villain here.
Salt have saved Scandinavians for centuries. For several centuries we use the salt to make the meat and fish last longer. Without potatoes and salt meat and salt fish we have been dead for a long time ago.
So thats why Scandinavians love salt liqourice, we have it in our veins. Its jummy😋😋😋👍
potatoes are a pretty recent arrival compared to salted meats/fish
@@defeqel6537 we could not just eat salt fish and salt meat we add some potatoes too. Had you tried to swedish way? Make Hasselbackspotatoes next time you would have mest for dinner.
@@fredrikjaensson7350 why couldn't we eat just salted fish and meat, and then some fruits and berries when available?
Except the salt is different in the licorice. Ammonium chloride, Not Natrium Chloride. 2 different things. I am a Finn and salmiakki does not taste salty at all.
So good to see JBS back. Go on sir!
I love that Paddy is choking and Pagan is just going on!😂
Pagans laugh is infectious ❤
Thank you 😊
So Is Her Smile
@@pagan_playsyou are a delight. ❤️
but in a good way . . .
would
a"salted" my senses, very good. And I will say what some others have said, was nice to see a guest appearance from John, been a while, nice to see you back.
Sharpson! Good to see ya sir! Please grace us with more videos as you're missed and your brother too.
You absolute legend Gjermund! I've been wanting to send these in for ages!! Can't wait to see how the tryers get on with the saltiest of bastards.
The salty candy is a preferred taste. We grew up with it and still today very salty licorice is my favourite candy.
As per usual Pagan's reactions are priceless.
The look on Gráinne's face when she tasted the Carolina reaper licorice was priceless. Summed up the whole of the TRYers' experience. Cheers....
I love it, partly for the taste, and partly because my dad always brought it back from trips for me. Thanks for the great memories.
Omg I'm in stitches watching this The facial expressions were brilliant especially Paddy's
He said he’s “growing in front of Pagan’s eyes” so, uh… yeah.
😮 😂
I'am from Sweden and that brand of licorice is the best! Love it!
❤ Haupt Lakrits ❤ they make the most amazing flavour combinations with licorice in the middle 🙏
Wow! I'm so glad to see John Sharpson back! He and his brother Donal, are awesome!
so happy to see John i really missed him
Yuuuusssss sweet salty glory!!! Lakrits is awesome.
It is great to see John back in the studio! That was one of the funniest reaction videos, sorry to laugh at your pain.
I am from Sweden and i love saltie licorice and all them you try it´s my favorit
I am addicted to liquorice and salmiak. Best candy there is.
Hey, John's back! Cool!
Love ya as always, Paddy, but the channel was clearly overdue for a Sharpson fix!
Is he still part of “Leather Jacket Dude’s” channel? 🤔
@@The_Crucible714, I don't know. I haven't been watching them.
SOOOO good to see Jon again!
So glad to see John!
Yay! Glad to see John again!
”I’m not saying that it’s bad, but it made me wish that I have always been dead.” Is a beautiful sentence.
John! Yay! Nice to see you again!
John good to see you back…missed watching you on the channel
I eat the whole jar of the salty version almost every saturday. This is good stuff!
My heart went out to Paddy after his reaction to the 2nd licorice. I just wanted to give him a hug 😊
Great to see Johnny. I ate one of those in a dare and I had to drink it down with a coke. Most intense vomit I ever experienced.
If anyone wonders ,Paddy's face is very close to " A52.1 Enchanted Red" on the Dulux colour chart ,great vid😊
Omg, looked it up and you are right!
yay John's back!!
I laughed when Paddy said, "At least it can't get worse than this." (7:45)
Of course it got worse 😂🤣
He should know better than to say that 😂
Me while watching this: This have me such cravings, I need to go buy all of them right now!!
Yay! John’s back!
John Sharpson! Good to see yah!
Pagan's mirth is infectious. Makes me happy.
I could not have clicked on this faster xD The salty svenskjävlar is my favorite liquorice. I am looking at my jar right now, they are so delicious xD I guess swedes are built different when it comes to liquorice and salt :P
A bit of suffering and a Sharpson ...ah it's almost nostalgic isn't it? Sorry you were a-salt-ed for our amusement everyone. Very funny, and well endured!
I started craving these when I saw them, thanks for that! ;)
Nice to see you John!
nice to see John Sharpson back.
Made my day to see John back.😂
In Sweden we eat these because it makes everything else in life so much better in contrast.
Great to see John is back! Welcome back! ❤
Aah yes, the Swedish interrogation tactics: Salty licorice and Surströmming. Foolproof
I looove all forms of Svenskjävlar (haven't tried the chili one though...)! That powder on the surface is awesome!
So happy to see John again! 😁
once I ate and liked it very much. a nice burning and heartburn comes into the esophagus. salmiakki is a delicacy. greetings from Finland
John! My original Tryer crush!
Yay John is back!
Johnny!!! Good to see ya!
Hallo John, great to see you.
JOHN!!!
Good to see ya back me boy 👍
Pagan is just the best. Her energy is just chefs kiss! 🫶
❤❤ love you
awesome to see John back :-)
Gosh I adore them all ❤️ and yay John is here!!! 😻
This absolutely felt like being dunked backwards in the ocean and inhaling seawater. Felt this for a week afterwards.
But you know, mad respect 🫡 ❤
Ugh. I can't stand it unsalted. And I like salt, but 🤢
Very nice video see Pagan her smile is as bright as the sun and her blue eyes are nice as the sky . plus very nice laugh . Enjoying some of the Swedish Licorice candy . My favorite Jelly Beans are Black ones.
eating salty licorice while watching this. I love it a lot and it is one of my favourite candies ever. I've heard people say it feels like they been pisoned eating it but I can't get enough of it.
Hahaha love the Tolkien orc lore reference in the middle 😂
Same 😂
The look on Paddy's face on the reaper! I screenshot it and made it my wallpaper 🤣
Sharpson! Welcome back, mate!
My mouth is watering at this😂Scandinavian and LOVE licorices.
Paddy turned some interesting shades of pink!
Friggin’ OG Sharpson?!!! So missed…. Great to see him back! 🎉🍹🔥🥃👍🏻🍸🍾🍻😁
Better them than me in this particular case. Good to see John back for a visit.
Heey, finally - Ive been waiting for this moment when you get to try the saltiest of them all!!! And yes... my mouth is all watery now, so I'm going to take a bit of the saltiest Svenskjävlar now. :) /Swede
John!!!!! How's your brother? we've missed you.
I just ordered from one of those gourmet liquorice websites in Sweden, they sell these too but I've already had these so I ordered some new salty stuff. I love it.
I actually love every person that has ever been on this channel!!!
Except for the one who shall not be named 😠
It's great to see john again...miss him with Leather Jacket Guy
Johnny boy!!! That's all that needs to be said!
I have tons of Swedish friends & they LOVE THAT STUFF!
So nice to see John back…aaaaaaand he’ll never be back after this torturous experience
That california reaper one is so good. It's got strawberry and white chocolate inside that goes so well with the chili
Wow! So glad you got to taste these! I love them but even as a Swede, one of them per day is enough for me ór they'll mess up my stomach :) The reaper ones are juuust on the edge of what is tolerable for me without suffering. The default salty ones are the best! Always have a can at home, and yes, they're the saltiest you can get :)