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Tom Brickman
Tunnocks Wafer Review |
Dear Sir,
I enjoy a good Tunnock's Caramel wafer now and again. But today to my disgust was handed a Tesco "Caramel Wafer". Now I know you?re wondering - Well what?s the problem with that? My problem, Sir, Is that this is a pathetic cheap imitation of the Tunnocks Caramel Wafer Biscuit. Its taste was an insult to Tunnocks. I wonder if T. Tonnock is aware of this?
Take care. |
Nicey replies: Very good, but I doubt if you would want it any other way.
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Andy Ley
Tunnocks Wafer Review |
When I'm not at university, I live in a lovely old farmhouse, with a log burning stove
and very comfy chairs.
During the winter the larder of this house get very cold and hence, the biscuits we
keep in it get cold too. The major problem with this is that when I go to bite into a
cold tunnock's caramel, a super-sharp piece of wafer nearly always peirces the
gum just above the back of my front teeth! My folly causes pain for a day or two, i need to remember to bite sideways if in
doubt, going with the 'grain' on the biscuit.
Whilst I'm emailing, whats the verdict on the honeycombed 'echo' bar? my girlfriend
adores them but I'm not so keen. |
Nicey replies: Yes chilled biscuits can present special hazards to the unwary eater, thanks for bringing up this important issue. Caramel especially presents problems turning from a viscous gloop at room temperature into a brittle crystalline shards at fridge temperature (>=4 degrees C). I suspect that its the caramel layers in the Tunnocks that have been giving you problems.
As for the Fox's Honeycomb Echo I have to say that there is so much chocolate in an Echo bar that it is difficult for me to form an opinion on them. I think that Honeycomb was slightly grittier than the white chocolate Echo, and if my memory serves me correctly actually had a slightly higher proportion of white chocolate. Perhaps this is what is appealing to your girlfriend. |
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Yvette Joes
Tunnocks Wafer Review |
When my husband bought some Tunnock's chocolate wafers some years ago, I was delighted to discover that they appeared identical to a variety of biscuit which my mother used to buy in packs of 4, some time around the late 1960s. These were known in my house as 'Yogi Bears', having a pic. of said bear on the silver foil wrapper. I would have thought the sheer quantity consumed over the years by my friends and I would have assured the biscuits' future, but they vanished. Was this a southern manifestation of the Tunnocks product I have come to love? My discovery today of your excellent site could finally see this mystery solved.
Thanks in anticipation! |
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Ani Tertzakian
Tunnocks Wafer Review |
Coming from the States, the whole concept of biscuits, cakes, crackers, etc. are all confused for me. In fact, I would guess that your delineations here on your site may not apply as poignantly across the pond.
However, although I still struggle to understand the concept of tea cakes and many persons' of English persuasion interpretation of them, I am pleasantly intrigued by the all-encompassing Tunnocks bars, also affectionately known as Caramel bars or Army issue bars. As often I purchase them, I still confuse myself whether they are in the confectionery or biscuit section of the supermarket. I may even venture to say that supermarkets vary in their classification.
Please advise! |
Nicey replies: The clue is the name 'Tunnock's real milk chocolate caramel wafer biscuit'. It should be grouped with other chocolate covered biscuits next to the conventional biscuits. |
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James Fussell
Tunnocks Wafer Review |
Nicey,
I love Tunnocks wafers but never seem to buy them. I also know of no-one who buys them. If 4 million are sold every week then who the hell is buying them? Maybe manufacturers of budget washing powders are buying them in bulk and adding them to their powder in order to give poor kids the smell we all know and hate.....just a thought.
Jim. |
Nicey replies: Well spotted Jim. We wondered about this very paradox previously, and assumed that it was the Scottish themselves, of which there are over 5,000,000. So they would be able to take of them all if they only ate one each a week.
Maybe somebody Scottish could provide estimates of how many Tunnocks wafers and by what proportion of the population are eaten. We could the do the sums and estimate how much of their weekly production they send down south.
It has also been pointed out that the Scottish apparently enjoy a higher standard of health care, maybe this helps certain individuals cope with massive intakes of Tunnocks wafers, who may responsible for mopping up hundreds of thousands of them. We don't know this is pure speculation. |
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