Mistral said:
Which leads me back to the question I meant to ask the last time you brought up snack foods - and I know it sounds off-topic, but it's for a fanfic, so it's not really - will someone tell me whether there are Twinkies in the U.K., or what the equivalent might be?
There is no Twinkie equivalent in terms of flavour, texture, and chemical composition, however, there is a thing called "Tunnock's Caramel Wafer" which has abominably high sales volume.
It's basically a caramel wafer thingy covered in chocolate. The most harmful thing in it is sugar, and it's very tasty and goes well dunked in tea - or anything else hot.
Check out http://www.tunnocks.co.uk
Tunnock's have been going for ever, and are actually of Scottish origin.
They also have such marvellous products as the "tea cake", "mallow" and "Caramel Gold".
I have to say, my favourite is by far and away the Caramel Gold, although in their absence the good old Tunnock's Caramel wafer is just as welcome.
Peter.