Photo of the Day: Salmiakki Ice Cream
Photograph from blinkenpilzen on Flickr
While browsing through the Serious Eats Flickr pool, this photo of a bitten chocolate-covered popsicle against a bright blue sky caught my eye as a sign of relief from the sweaty summer days to come. But upon closer look...wait, that's not chocolate-flavored—it's salmiakki-flavored, or salty licorice! And it has a licorice core! Oh sweet Jesus, that poor vanilla ice cream.
Of course, if I loved licorice (and I wish I possessed such power; it makes me a bit sad to dislike a whole category of sweets) I would be singing a different tune. Alas, my taste buds have not developed a licorice-loving part yet. I'll give it a try if I'm ever in Finland.
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9 Comments:
Oh my goodness, I so miss salmiakki ice cream. When I was there last summer, I realized how delicious licorice could be. I didn't get quite used to the salmiakki candy itself, but I still dream about the ice cream.
jchristinahuh at 6:32PM on 04/29/09
I don't know how well I would like the salty flavor added to licorice, but the thought of black licorice and vanilla ice cream sounds WONDERFUL. I would love to try this sometime, and I may have to fake it with some good licorice and ice cream myself soon, even if it is not quite the same.
sadiepix at 8:53PM on 04/29/09
Mmm licorice!! Err, wait, salty?
Somewhat tangential, I'll have to get some anise pizzelle and vanilla ice cream today!
Cassaendra at 7:35AM on 04/30/09
That sounds goooooooood...
Joe DiStefano at 9:03AM on 04/30/09
Salty licorice is odd, yet somehow addictive.
DELICIOUS at 10:06AM on 04/30/09
My god that brought back horrible memories from Finland. When I was there, my friends went nuts for salmiakki. I almost puked after downing a shot of it. I wasn't expecting it to taste like somone accidentally dumped a carton of salt into a bottle of black sambucca. Truly awful stuff.
michaelkroe at 10:51AM on 04/30/09
there's a ice cream place in seattle offering a salted licorice flavor.
@michaelkroe, brings back horrible memories from amsterdam when i visited "coffee shops" and then the grocery store for munchies, and instead of delicious candy, i had a mouth full of bitter, salty licorice. yuck.
saltcrystal at 1:52PM on 04/30/09
Salmiakki definitely is not for everyones taste and there are huge differences between different salmiakkis. Salty liquorice does not tell it all.
I do love deeply some of salmiakki, like Tyrkisk Peber and hate some so much I don't want anything to do with them. It's a complex delicacy. In ice cream I find it gross, but with chocolate oh so fantastic!
So, greetings from Finland :)
jammarita at 8:18AM on 05/02/09
@jammarita: Thanks for the info! I definitely do not want the hate-worthy stuff.
roboppy at 4:13PM on 05/02/09