Day two of Olympic competition and that means day two of eating something British (or at least made in the UK).
Today we had McVitie's Hobnobs. Which intrigued me because the first ingredient on the package is rolled oats. Think of these as somewhat of a healthy version of a British biscuit you have with your tea (label says 45% Oat and Wholemeal). I understand there are dark chocolate and chocolate orange versions out there.
I got the Milk Chocolate version, which means one side of the cookie, er biscuit, has a small slathering of chocolate. You definitely get the oat taste in the biscuit, but it's nothing like an oatmeal cookie here in the states. They were a bit addicting...I think it was that chocolate added to the oat biscuit that made me eat more than one at a time. I wouldn't kick these out of bed.
Mr. L liked these, but commented like yesterdays biscuit, that they were a bit dry for him. And that they tasted like a wheat cracker (he ate them not knowing exactly what they were made of).
Two of these were 93 calories and cost $3.99 at World Market (the tube contained twelve biscuits). The label states these are "Nobbly Oaty Biscuits". Why Nobbly and is that something that has a different meaning? Supposedly the word Hobnob in the UK comes from a phrase, to hob or nob, meaning "to drink together, taking turns toasting one another". Quite similar to what I think of as the meaning it has in the US as in "we were hobnobbing with The Royals at tea". Not that I ever really hobnob with royals.
These biscuits by the way, do have daily guidelines for adults so I shouldn't look a fool eating them.
Since there was a Doctor Who reference in yesterdays Jammie Dodgers, I thought I'd leave you with the fact that Douglas Adams mentioned these once. Or at least had a story about cookies. Can't really find a reference to Hobnobs but you can find the story (or maybe just an urban legend) here.
Like chocolate covered oatmeal..yummy
Posted by: Mr. Lynn | August 02, 2012 at 07:41 PM