>> She'd take being uncontrollably revolted by licorice over being unable to
>> enjoy half of Gallic cuisine any day.
>
>The reaction of any properly reasoning sentient being that enjoys
>Earth foods. Also, recent news stories have brought back up the fact
>that licorice is potentially lethal even to people who somehow enjoy
>its taste.
>Well, I'm so far from 'sane' that I can't even see it on a good day, but I will note that:
- licorice -when properly balanced- is lovely
- Glycyrrhizin -is- problematic in large quantities, yeah, but so is salt
- anise/licorice flavor is utterly essential for certain liqueurs (but it usually gets mixed with a lot of other herbs, except for Ouzo, which is -lovely- but, I admit, an extremely acquired taste)
>> Except vichyssoise, and was that really even cooked? Cold onion soup, blech.
>> Who thought that was a good idea?
I would gather "the French" - inventors of mayonnaise, you know. ;-)
>> "By the government, not the people they're directly protecting. It's...
>> different." Remilia sighed.
>
>Would the government of the area in question in the 1200s have really
>been set up to be, or interested in, paying a monster hunting squad?
I think a better question would be "how many wandering Van Helsings were in the area who would take a bounty on the local vampires" ;-)