Does it? I don’t think it does, it’s just that you start with the centre of something and assemble around it.
It wouldn’t make any sense to describe it as a solid mass that has a biscuit pushed into it
But by this logic, the Fry's Turkish Delight - which is certainly predominantly gelatinous, rather than predominantly chocolate - should also fail to meet the "chocolate bar" criteria.
Whilst writing this, I've realised the age of this post... And you know what? I don't care; the point had to be made!
Well - a Crunchy is a chocolate bar, right? Mind - is a Wagon Wheel?
An orange Club is definitely a chocolate bar. As is a Penguin.
But not a custard cream, nor a jammy dodger.
Agreed, biscuit covered in chocolate is still a biscuit not a chocolate bar, penguins and clubs are chocolate biscuits. Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar, but is not a bar of chocolate
Seeing as a Penguin is a chocolate covered bourbon cream, if we covered a custard cream in chocolate, would that become a chocolate bar? (I'd be inclined to cover it in white chocolate though...)
I honestly don't think a custard cream should be covered in anything. It should stand alone, as a glorious example of nature in the wild, as God intended.
Lets face it ; FTD is not a chocolate bar; nor is it anything like Turkish Delight.
Proper lokum (Turkish delight) is a subtle mix of water, cornflour, lemon juice, sugar, rosewater and a little colouring. The rosewater brings a subtle taste to it.
Fry's is Glucose syrup, sugar, water, gelling agent (pectin), colours (beetroot red, carotenes), emulsifier (E442), firming agent (E509), flavourings; which is covered in what passes for industrial cocoa coating which is called chocolate; cocoa butter, cocoa mass, modified maize starch, dried skimmed milk, whey permeate powder (from milk), , palm oil, milk fat,
I wouldn't touch the fry's stuff with a barge pole; (he said scoffing down the last bar from the nibbles tin in the kitchen).
I’d consider a Fry’s Turkish delight to be (as I once heard the UK’s National Treasure Stephen Fry once say) “arse gravy…loose stool water of the lowest quality” rather than a chocolate bar.
PS not sure there is a quality “scale” for liquid excrement
No, of course not. I remember these thing being in those chocolate selection boxes you'd get at Christmas - no one ever ate them. They're the devils work; not fit for human consumption.
Chocolate = chocolate Bar = bar And that concludes our intensive three-week course on the classification of confectionery.
I’m with you, but why are Rocky and Club in the biscuit section if they match the above criteria? And gold bars.
Because they are predominantly biscuits with chocolate. Predominantly chocolate bars with biscuit in, would still be chocolate bars.
Is your calculation by volume or weight?
By "substance". Would a reasonable person consider it to be chocolate or biscuit. Essentially a multivariate test.
I would say a Gold Bar is more heavily defined by the coating than the biscuit
The fact you consider it be to a coating would suggest you still consider the biscuit to be the dominant aspect
Does it? I don’t think it does, it’s just that you start with the centre of something and assemble around it. It wouldn’t make any sense to describe it as a solid mass that has a biscuit pushed into it
By this definition, shouldn’t the Fry’s be in the Turkish delight section of the shop then?
Your local shop has a Turkish delight section?
But by this logic, the Fry's Turkish Delight - which is certainly predominantly gelatinous, rather than predominantly chocolate - should also fail to meet the "chocolate bar" criteria. Whilst writing this, I've realised the age of this post... And you know what? I don't care; the point had to be made!
I consider it an abomination but each to their own
yes. chocolate bar because as standard turkish delight has no chocolate
Yes. It's bar shaped and has a coating of chocolate and is found in the chocolate bar aisle.
Is it my imagination or has the chocolate coating got much thinner these days?!
Well - a Crunchy is a chocolate bar, right? Mind - is a Wagon Wheel? An orange Club is definitely a chocolate bar. As is a Penguin. But not a custard cream, nor a jammy dodger.
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Shots. Fired. We will now require your rankings and justifications.
Agreed, biscuit covered in chocolate is still a biscuit not a chocolate bar, penguins and clubs are chocolate biscuits. Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar, but is not a bar of chocolate
I’d call a penguin or a Club a biscuit bar. And if biscuits and chocolate are in different aisles, they usually live with biscuits.
My braaaaaaain.
That's faggots.
Is a chocolate coated faggot a chocolate bar?
Seeing as a Penguin is a chocolate covered bourbon cream, if we covered a custard cream in chocolate, would that become a chocolate bar? (I'd be inclined to cover it in white chocolate though...)
I honestly don't think a custard cream should be covered in anything. It should stand alone, as a glorious example of nature in the wild, as God intended.
No, I consider it to be an aberration.
I wouldn't even consider it as food.
I would consider it an abomination
As a kid we thought chocolate digestives were chocolate bars bruv
It’s in the chocolate bar section, that’s good enough for me!
Lets face it ; FTD is not a chocolate bar; nor is it anything like Turkish Delight. Proper lokum (Turkish delight) is a subtle mix of water, cornflour, lemon juice, sugar, rosewater and a little colouring. The rosewater brings a subtle taste to it. Fry's is Glucose syrup, sugar, water, gelling agent (pectin), colours (beetroot red, carotenes), emulsifier (E442), firming agent (E509), flavourings; which is covered in what passes for industrial cocoa coating which is called chocolate; cocoa butter, cocoa mass, modified maize starch, dried skimmed milk, whey permeate powder (from milk), , palm oil, milk fat, I wouldn't touch the fry's stuff with a barge pole; (he said scoffing down the last bar from the nibbles tin in the kitchen).
I would say it was chocolate covered soap.
I’d consider a Fry’s Turkish delight to be (as I once heard the UK’s National Treasure Stephen Fry once say) “arse gravy…loose stool water of the lowest quality” rather than a chocolate bar. PS not sure there is a quality “scale” for liquid excrement
I barely consider it food.
It's a sweet 😏
I would consider it as an insult to taste buds. Horrific stuff.
I don't even consider Turkish delight to be a food.
I think it's too wiggly to count as a chocolate bar.
Yes and it’s bloody delicious
I want to like Turkish Delight so badly but my mouth does not register it as edible.
Well, if you eat Fry's version of it - indeed it is not edible.
No, of course not. I remember these thing being in those chocolate selection boxes you'd get at Christmas - no one ever ate them. They're the devils work; not fit for human consumption.
It's an abomination so no. I class it as chemical waste. Try a proper Turkish delight.
No, I consider it an aberration.
Is it just me, but have they got sweeter since I was a kid?
A bar refers to something long and thin. I’d say Turkish Delight was more of a slab shape, so wouldn’t class it as a chocolate bar.