- HobNob
A HobNob is a brand of biscuit made from
rolled oats andjumbo oats , similar to a flapjack/digestive biscuit hybrid. They are mainly sold in theUnited Kingdom . The biscuit can be dunked in tea without losing its shape. Invented by Julien Pike, the recipe was purchased byMcVitie's who introduced the brand in Scotland in 1984. A milk chocolate-covered version was made available in 1987, and the biscuit is currently available in many varieties, includingdark chocolate , chocolate orange, and HobNob bars. Other HobNob-branded snacks include a HobNob flapjack. [ [http://www.unitedbiscuits.com/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcTSTT5EPGEC United Biscuits ] ]The original tagline of the HobNob was "one nibble and you're nobbled"cite web
url=http://www.salon.com/media/feature/1999/06/24/brand/print.html
title=Keeping up with the Jonesness
date=1999-06-24
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author=Justin Holloway
publisher=Salon] , although it has been removed from the Chocolate Orange varieties.* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_yXtaICt3Y A sketch in the British comedy show
A Bit of Fry and Laurie mentioned a "chocolate HobNob" as euphemism forsodomy .]
* Pundit Roddy Forsyth mentioned before taking part in the 28th of October episode of BBC Five Live's show Fighting Talk, that he had his "HobNob, my cup of tea" and that "everything is right with the world."
* HobNobs are Keane's drummer Richard Hughes' favourite biscuit.
* HobNobs are Francois Bs' favourite biscuit.
* ComedianPeter Kay uses HobNobs in his trademark jokes in which he calls them "the Marines, the bloody SAS of the biscuit world!". Kay has also called them the "Steven Seagal s of the biscuit world".
* In the British comedy 'Bottom' episode 6 of season 2 featured the character Eddie saying 'I've got a packet of chocolate Hobnobs' resulting in a fight during which the hobnobs fly into a pond.
* The fictional character Inspector Fowler from the TV series "The Thin Blue Line", played byRowan Atkinson , often mentions chocolate HobNobs as being his favourite sweet.
* In the webcomic Sheldon, Sheldon, his duck and the cartoonist himself, Dave Kellet, have proclaimed their love of HobNobs in a number of strips. [http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/060213.html Sheldon asking for distribution in the US] and [http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/060216.html Dave Kellet fantasizing receiving a full crate] .
* HobNob is theNickname of esteemed playwright and social commentator Rebecca Hodgkinson. Interestingly, the etymology is related toHobbit and a reported likeness to the creatures detailed byTolkien , rather than a personal predilection to oat biscuits.
*Hob Nob Anyone? an unofficial fanzine site dedicated to Reading Football Club. The name Hob Nob Anyone? is in reference to the Reading's association with biscuit making.
* ComedianRicky Gervais has stated his love for Hob Nobs on theXfm Radio show he presented withStephen Merchant andKarl Pilkington .
* ComedianPeter Kay produced a skit in which he compared Rich Tea biscuits and HobNobs. He described how HobNobs were far more superior to Rich Tea biscuits due to their stability when dunked in a cup of tea.
* CartoonistDave Kellett ofSheldon Comics often is given HobNobs at conventions after the February 16, 2006 comic he did about them.
* Yorkshire-born rapperBraintax recorded the track Munchies from his 2008 albumMy Last And Best Album that heavily featured the HobNob as a superior biscuit.
* The founding biscuit for Biscuit WednesdayReferences
External links
* [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=142 Milk Chocolate and Orange Hobnob] on
Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
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