English food revisited

[geoff_bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "tonks_op" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:

Tonks:
> Yes, these are chocolate covered. Maybe I will try some next time. This time I got a candy bar called "Yorkie". Very good. BUT.. there was a big sign on it that said "NOT FOR GIRLS", and an outline of a female with skirt and a circle with a line through it, meaning barred from use by GIRLS. What is this, Geoff!!!? 

Geoff:
Not a candy bay. A straight forward very chunky, solid chocolate bar. 
Very scrumptious.

Th sign is an ongoing jokey advertising campaign. Yorkies were 
originally marketed years ago as being for "real" men - lorry drivers, 
weightlifters etc. - who could cope with these big, hefty bars.

The joke has continued and is part of Brit culture. If they really meant 
it, the sex discrimination people would have been down on their necks 
before you could say "sherbet lemon".
:-)

bboyminn:
> Not that I actually know, but isn't a 'Digestive' a little
> more like a cracker? 

Geoff:
Nope. they are a true blue British biscuit. Nothing like a 
cracker.

bboyminn:
> How are 'Digestives' normally eaten. Are the topped with
> food like sliced meat and cheeze, as a cracker might be
> eaten. Or, are they eaten straight out of the package, or
>perhaps dunked in milk, tea, or coffee?

Geoff:
As a biscuit. Straight out of the packet. You can dunk them, 
like any biscuit, if that floats your boat.
:-)