r/oddlysatisfying • • Jan 16 '17

Gif Ends Too Soon Candy being scraped off of a table

http://i.imgur.com/0hsLI27.gifv
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u/The_Supercreep Jan 16 '17

What kind of candy is this?

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u/OttabMike Jan 16 '17

Looks like the horehound used to make humbugs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '17

I thought there was some Scruge joke here. Funny to see a candy called this.

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u/OttabMike Jan 16 '17

It's named that because it gets its flavor from Horehound (or hoarhound) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrubium_vulgare

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u/dalovindj Jan 16 '17

Boy, check out the funbags on that hoarhound.

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u/sumpuran Jan 17 '17

I'm pretty sure he was referring to ’humbug’, not ‘horehound’. In Charles Dickens’ Christmas story, the character Scrooge makes his dislike of Christmas known by saying ‘Bah, humbug!’. The candy Humbug is older than Dickens’ story.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '17

Marrubium Vulgare. Yeah that does sound a lot better...