Does anyone know what SPANISH WOOD is, I bought it as a youth in a sweet shop as a tasty chewing wood.?!
What was it, can it still be obtained and what is it now named as ?
Answers: From memory, it was a plant or tree root with a dark outer layer or bark and a yellow/orange inner core giving a pleasant savory/sweet taste, it was popular with the pupils at my school at the time and was still available from the sweet shop when I left there at about 1953.
What was it, can it still be obtained and what is it now named as ?
Spanish wood is what you get from taking Spanish Fly.
(Just kidding!)
Apparently it's another name for licorice root, which is rarely sold in raw form any more.
dude i got WOOd ;]
It is Liquorice root available at good confectionary shops . the wife got some last week. It is exactly as you describe and goes sort of stringy as you chew it, like a paint brush at the end.
ummm aniseed root?
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It's licorice. In fact, some types of licorice sweets (not the wood / root itself) used to be called Spanish - very strong and shiny wrapped in brightly coloured cellophane, if anyone remembers!
You can usually buy licorice root in wholefood shops - the type where they sell oats etc loose.
This sounds more like licquorice root!!
Yes I remember it on your timescale but I can add little to other posters, just when we had it it was 1d with a free little mirror per stick!