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Earlier this year, I decided to try, at least once a month, some kind of food that I never had before. In January I tried sardines (no biggie, they tasted like slightly oily tuna fish). And then I forgot all about it.

Until today. I finally got around to checking out the local British Grocery Store (what? your town doesn't have one?) and was fascinated by a can of soda: Ben Shaws Dandelion & Burdock. Now, I'd heard of dandelion wine [waves to Ray Bradbury], but dandelion soda? Had to try it.

It taste like Cream Soda. With a dash of cough syrup.

Gotta love the British. Though, any culture that considers custard to be a necessary food group can't be all bad.

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Date: 2009-06-19 05:40 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I've never come across these pops, but I've read that this (or another brand's version of this) flavor reminds one of a Good'n'Plenty. Could the medicinal taste have been licorice? "Dandelion & Burdock" certainly sounds healthful - or was in 1871, or whenever they first began making the drink.

Would you ever want to drink it again, or was this a one-time novelty?

Your friend (the Vegan Anglophile),
H

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Date: 2009-06-19 10:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sciwitch.livejournal.com
Yeah it definitely had a licoricy taste - think cream soda with a Nyquil chaser. Probably won't get it again... there were enough cool looking things in that store to try.

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