Krist Novoselic, bassist and co-founder of Nirvana, stopped by the Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk voting rights and his organization FairVote. Turns out he is not only a righteous dude, he is also fearless – and psyched to try a Lakrisal (the weird Scandinavian "candy" that most of us here can't eat) in our green room.
Novoselic is quite familiar with ammonium chloride, one of the main ingredients in Lakrisal. Ammonium chloride is also used in agricultural feed – Novoselic feeds it to his goats in order to help clear calcium deposits from their urethras, basically saving their lives. Neat!
Novoselic’s awesome reaction to the wince-inducing tablet starts at around 2:08 in the video above.
Novoselic left with a small packet of Lakrisal tablets to take back with him to Seattle, and will report back to us if the goats take a liking to them. Because what’s good for the goat … might be good for the gander? Something like that. More updates on our maybe-bicoastal investigation to come, including part 2 of our "Lakrisal in the Lab" experience.
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That Novoselic could eat a Lakrisal tablet with no discernable discomfort while cracking jokes certifies him as a god. Or lacking tastebuds.
I think its mostly that he is just a goofy guy. Super cool and super goofy. He isnt one to wear his emotions on his sleeve I guess you could say
I'd like to watch the goat/Lakrisal experiment, if it's not containing something toxic to goats. But on second thought, goats eat anything.
That's what I was gonna say! Goats eat garbage! Of course they'll eat Lakrisal!
And what could possibly be toxic to goats? They eat garbage!
No lecture, just gentle correction for what is a generally held belief in this country. Goats are actually quite picky eaters, as livestock go. They are fairly intelligent critters and tend to explore their environment by tasting - and sometimes trying to eat - unfamiliar stuff. Somewhat like human babies do before we civilize them into not putting everything into their mouths.
Lots and lots of things are toxic to goats. Plants, chemicals, stuff.
Goats = my favorite animal in the world.
Thanks TMGonz, I like goats too. I would not really want to watch any animal be experimented upon with known toxins.
I thought the saying was "what's sauce for the goat is sauce for the gander."
bonus points awarded
My Swedish friend Johan is on his honeymoon right now, but when he gets back I'll have to ask him about Lakrisal. He's from the boonies near the Norwegian border, so for all we know, he likes it, too.
I don't think Lakrisal is unique: I've heard of salted licorice as a Thing That Furriners Like before.
I took the chance and put the fair vote idea on the White house's we the people petition drive.
If you agree with me that the fair vote idea is a good one perhaps you would go to the url and vote for it?
here is the url--: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/work-initiating-fair-vote-text-which-can-be-viewed-httpwwwfairvoteorg/79XNHRVl
Wow one signature. Oh well, democracy in action....
...soooo, you poisoned my favorite bass player, why?
I ate the Icelandic equivalent once by mistake while stationed in Keflavik. I cringed, and vowed to stick to allsorts. At least with allsorts you have a 60/40 chance of eating something you like.
Ammonium won't bust your low- SODIUM diet, Krist, mainly because it contains no SODIUM. It has been proposed as a salt (sodium chloride) substitute, in fact, but ammonium compounds are notoriously nasty tasting (because they contain some ammonium ions). Potassium chloride is the salt-substitute of choice, though.