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All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American

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Jim - Apr 04, 2003 1:54:28 am PST #3164 of 9843

Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

nougat and caramel and almonds surrounded by milk chocolate = US Snickers With Almonds = UK (etc.) Mars Bar With Almonds

Never seen that in the UK. Sounds vaguely like the Snickers Crunch, which appeared for a while last year. All your UK confectionary questions are answered here: [link]

Caroma - Apr 04, 2003 5:20:37 am PST #3165 of 9843

Hello! I must be going.

Hey, I walked by A Salt and Battery the other day. I'll have to try it!

I think that the country is so damn big and populated that they just can't maintain the freshness thing as easily. Things have to sit in warehouses for a while. And FWIW, there's plenty of imported UK and Irish candy sold in my neighborhood--Aeros, Canadian Smarties, all kinds of Cadbury stuff, etc.--and it's not that great or flavorful. To be fair, maybe it's been sitting around for a while.

Local American candy-makers can be fantastic if you buy it at the source. Wilbur's, mmmmm.

DXMachina - Apr 04, 2003 5:40:41 am PST #3166 of 9843

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

nougat surrounded by milk chocolate = US Three Musketeers

nougat and caramel surrounded by milk chocolate = US Milky Way = UK (etc.) Mars Bar

nougat and caramel and peanuts surrounded by milk chocolate = US Snickers

nougat and caramel and almonds surrounded by milk chocolate = US Snickers With Almonds = UK (etc.) Mars Bar With Almonds

I think the US version of the Mars Bar was just the nougat, caramel, and peanuts, i.e. a Snickers without the chocolate.

I think we've also got a dark chocolate Milky Way.

They used to call these Forever Yours bars.

Ms. Havisham - Apr 04, 2003 7:28:33 am PST #3167 of 9843

And we will call it... "This Land."

nougat surrounded by milk chocolate = US Three Musketeers

Nougat? I thought that was a moussy sort of chocolate thing. You know, like that other thing, the one with the stuff.

Going to work now. I'm obviously in the right frame of mind.

Angus G - Apr 04, 2003 7:32:28 am PST #3168 of 9843

Roguish Laird

It's what's called "nougat" in the strange idiom of chocolate bars, which as we know only vaguely resembles real-world nougat. (Similarly "honeycomb".)

Zoe Ann - Apr 04, 2003 7:33:42 am PST #3169 of 9843

Mathair & Athair beo.

'Nooo-gaa' or 'Nugget'?

Kate P. - Apr 04, 2003 7:35:34 am PST #3170 of 9843

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

"Noo-gat" is how I pronounce it.

Mmm, candy bars. No, I have nothing else to add to this discussion.

[Edit: Actually, I think I say it "noo-git" like Lady O'Spain.]

Lady O' Spain - Apr 04, 2003 7:36:14 am PST #3171 of 9843

Red hair and black leather--my favorite color scheme.

Nooo-git. I don't know why.

DXMachina - Apr 04, 2003 8:27:03 am PST #3172 of 9843

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Nooo-git. I don't know why.

I think that's how they pronounce it in the commercials.

Angus G - Apr 04, 2003 8:31:19 am PST #3173 of 9843

Roguish Laird

Really? Our commercials say "noo-gah" (which is approximately correct).

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