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'''Abbey Crunch''' was a British biscuit brand produced by [[McVitie's]]. The tag line was "the original oat biscuit".<ref name="Essex County Standard">{{cite news |last1=Dalby |first1=Tom |title=Colchester is 'the proud home' of the biscuit which inspired the Hobnob |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/16132366.colchester-the-proud-home-biscuit-inspired-hobnob/ |access-date=29 October 2021 |work=Essex County Standard |date=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="nicecupoftea">{{cite web |title=Abbey Crunch |url=http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=1 |website=nicecupofteaandasitdown.com |access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref> |
'''Abbey Crunch''' was a British biscuit brand produced by [[McVitie's]]. The tag line was "the original oat biscuit".<ref name="Essex County Standard">{{cite news |last1=Dalby |first1=Tom |title=Colchester is 'the proud home' of the biscuit which inspired the Hobnob |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/16132366.colchester-the-proud-home-biscuit-inspired-hobnob/ |access-date=29 October 2021 |work=Essex County Standard |date=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="nicecupoftea">{{cite web |title=Abbey Crunch |url=http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=1 |website=nicecupofteaandasitdown.com |access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref> |
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[[Stephen Fry]] in his autobiography ''[[Moab Is My Washpot]]'' mentions "Abbey Crunch biscuits" as the first in a long list of pleasurable items.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https:// |
[[Stephen Fry]] in his autobiography ''[[Moab Is My Washpot]]'' mentions "Abbey Crunch biscuits" as the first in a long list of pleasurable items.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05JiDwAAQBAJ&dq=Abbey+Crunch&pg=PT305|isbn = 9781616951450|title = Moab is My Washpot: A Memoir|date = 6 September 2011|publisher = Soho Press}}</ref> |
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According to Don Quinn, organiser of the Colchester Food and Drink Festival, the Colchester Priory Biscuit created in the 1800s by two unknown local bakers, and this later morphed into Abbey Crunch, and in turn morphed into the [[Hobnob biscuit|Hobnob]], both of which are sweeter due to the addition of [[golden syrup]].<ref name="Essex County Standard"/> |
According to Don Quinn, organiser of the Colchester Food and Drink Festival, the Colchester Priory Biscuit created in the 1800s by two unknown local bakers, and this later morphed into Abbey Crunch, and in turn morphed into the [[Hobnob biscuit|Hobnob]], both of which are sweeter due to the addition of [[golden syrup]].<ref name="Essex County Standard"/> |
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Revision as of 19:09, 18 March 2023
Abbey Crunch was a British biscuit brand produced by McVitie's. The tag line was "the original oat biscuit".[1][2]
Stephen Fry in his autobiography Moab Is My Washpot mentions "Abbey Crunch biscuits" as the first in a long list of pleasurable items.[3]
According to Don Quinn, organiser of the Colchester Food and Drink Festival, the Colchester Priory Biscuit created in the 1800s by two unknown local bakers, and this later morphed into Abbey Crunch, and in turn morphed into the Hobnob, both of which are sweeter due to the addition of golden syrup.[1]
References
- ^ a b Dalby, Tom (3 April 2018). "Colchester is 'the proud home' of the biscuit which inspired the Hobnob". Essex County Standard. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Abbey Crunch". nicecupofteaandasitdown.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Moab is My Washpot: A Memoir. Soho Press. 6 September 2011. ISBN 9781616951450.