Kendal Mint Cake

Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
than they've had decompose on them?

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"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?
>

'sticks hand up as high as it'll go' i love the stuff. i
always buy a few bars and a selection box to bring home
with me :-)

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:39:58 +0000 (UTC), cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk (Chris
Malcolm) wrote:

>Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
>than they've had decompose on them?

I always buy a stack becuase the whole family eats the stuff
very fast!

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I'll have to put my hand up too.. it's great!

Will

"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?
>
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> Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445
> DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings,
> Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
> [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

In article <c8g9lu$eie$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>,
Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?

Hmm, never had any decompose on me, the worst it does is set
rock-hard if the packets been open for a while. I find it
hard to buy around here, so stock up on it when ever I can.
Mind you, I've found that mint gives me wind, so don't eat
as much of the stuff as I used to :-(

What brands of Kendal Mint Cake to people prefer? I will
only buy Romney's, everything else just tastes like
peppermint creams. I can't be doing with the chocolate
covered stuff either.

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from cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) contains these words:

> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?

I used to like it but I don't think I have had any since I
moved on to Mars bars in the late 60s. I don't recall any
Mint Cake decomposing but I regularly threw away Mars bars
that had suffered for too long in the rucksack.

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cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk said...
> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?

<Puts hand up> Only because I've not had any decompose on me
though. After a couple of nibbles I threw the rest away.
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"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?
>

The bear I had an encounter with once certainly enjoyed it,
along with every other single piece of food I had with me at
the time. I remember seeing the clean and neatly opened
wrapper the next morning. He unwrapped it all, except the
mustard, which had a rather large tooth mark in the side of
the plastic bottle, and plenty of remaining yellow stuff. It
obviously didn't go with the mint cake.

Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote
>Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
>than they've had decompose on them?
>
Not I.... It seemed to be the 'stuff to carry' in the 70's
to provide energy, but I had to be badly depleted to eat it,
because it was so damn sickly sweet. My teeth start hurting
at the thought of it.

I carry fruit and cereal bars nowadays, and for that weak
and faint feeling I always have a pack of Dextrose sweets,
which I find are the best thing for a quick recovery.

One sweet given to a horse will also ensure its close
company until you leave the field. ;-)
--
Gordon

Chris Malcolm wrote:
> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?

As a kid I loved the stuff, it's now filed alongside Coke in
the "what /was/ I thinking?" bin. Haven't bought any since I
realised it was completely bogging, so not had it decompose,
so technically fall into a "hands up" here.

Pete.
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The chocolate covered ones are OK but you can't beat the
good ol' original.

"Andrew Conroy" <a.m.conroy@argonet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <c8g9lu$eie$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, Chris Malcolm
> <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> > than they've had decompose on them?
>
> Hmm, never had any decompose on me, the worst it does is
> set rock-hard if the packets been open for a while. I find
> it hard to buy around here, so stock up on it when ever I
> can. Mind you, I've found that mint gives me wind, so
> don't eat as much of the stuff as I used to :-(
>
> What brands of Kendal Mint Cake to people prefer? I will
> only buy Romney's, everything else just tastes like
> peppermint creams. I can't be doing with the chocolate
> covered stuff either.
>
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 22:04:17 +0100, Roger <Roger@nospam.zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>I don't recall any Mint Cake decomposing but I regularly
>threw away Mars bars that had suffered for too long in the
>rucksack.

I have a Mars Bar which has no writing left on the wrapper
and which is completely flat and stuck to the paper. I can't
check the best before date (because it wore off) and it
would be a real pain to eat. I hate getting sticky hands!

Actually, I think I may have thrown it away a couple of
months ago. I was sick of seeing it everytime I packed my
rucksack. I don't think any emergency would have made me
eat the horrible old thing - but perhaps that's the point
of emergency rations..... no good if they're the first
thing you eat!

Judith

Roger wrote:

Chris Malcolm wrote:

>> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
>> than they've had decompose on them?

I think I only ever bought it twice. IIRC the first one
lasted quite a while, but I never finished the second
one. Stayed in my rucksack a very long time before I
threw it away.

Or maybe there was only one, can't remember now.

> I used to like it but I don't think I have had any since I
> moved on to Mars bars in the late 60s.

Yes, that's what I did too. Far more palatable, although I
was never a fan of Mars bars, one of my least favourite
chocolates. Only bought them for the high calorific value
(330) after reading that they were the most calorie filled
chocolate you could buy.

Paul
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> Hands up anyone who has actually eaten more of the stuff
> than they've had decompose on them?

Mistakenly bought some of the brown sugar type while in
Keswick a couple of weekends ago, the Bank Holiday weekend.
On my way merrily to Pillar via Black Sail Pass on the
Saturday, I decided to have some before going up to the
Pass. It was a rather warm day, and the heat of the body had
liquefied the stuff. Gooey horrible mess in the packet which
I could only 'suck' from the paper. I often carry my mint
cake in a poly sandwich bag, but this time I forgot. Didn't
even like the brownsugar flavoured either. Anyway, bought
some chocolate covered ones (my favourite) on my return that
evening to take with me on the High Stile route via Scales
Force on the Sunday. Same hot day, lots of heat from the
body ....... but the mint cake remained solid. Not even the
chocolate melted! So, go for the chocolate coated version
for all round summer use, I say.

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KRO <KRO@anon.com> wrote
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>"Gordon" <Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:s2mzmtAfsGrAFwF5@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>> I carry fruit and cereal bars nowadays, and for that weak
>> and faint feeling I always have a pack of Dextrose
>> sweets, which I find are the best thing for a quick
>> recovery.
>
>Any particular brand of Dextrose sweets? I don't eat much
>when out but have noticed the lift something sugary will
>give me, the so called "energy" bars are rather expensive.
>
>KRO
>
Now you've made me chew a couple of them!

The opened packet on my desk says DEXTRO ENERGY by Unilever.
You can get them from most chemists. I like the tropical
fruits flavour but there's also orange, lemon, blackcurrant
or 'original'.

They are good for refreshing a dry mouth if you are
low on water.
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Gordon