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Liquorice Stick
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£1.67 per 10 Sticks |
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Bassetti : The original firm stick of strong tasting liquorice. Perfect on there own or you could use them as sherbet dippers. One of our best sellers.
This product may contain traces of peanut.
We are not sure whether this sweet contains gelatine.
History of Liquorice:
Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) in the family Leguminosae is a tall shrub (4.5 feet; 140 cm) with blue or violet flowers. Glycyrrhiza comes from the Greek and means "sweet root".
The liquorice plant originates from the Middle East and Mediterranean. More specifically Turkey, Iraq, Spain, Greece and northern China. Its root has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years, it is the root sap has that distinctive sweet taste. There are historical records of it being used by the ancient civilisations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Rome, Greece and China. Roots were found in Tutankhamen's tomb.
The famous Greek physicians, Hippocrates (c.460 - 377 BC) - the 'Father of Medicine', and Theophrastus (c.372 - c.287 BC) - the founder of Botany, both used liquorice for its healing properties.
The root has been used for many purposes; as a thirst quencher (very useful for armies on the march), to heal wounds and skin diseases, to cure loss of hair and ulcers, as an aphrodisiac and almost always to ease sore throats and coughs (when prepared in a liquid form).
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