Kendal Mint Cake

"Andrew Conroy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake? I used to buy it from Peggler's in Arundel but they've gone
over to selling Quiggins, which is far inferior stuff :-( I know I bought
some in Cornwall last year, but it's a long way to go for a supply!

Thanks,

Andrew

funilly enough I used to buy it for the shop I ran in Blairgowrie from
Martex cash and carry. If you can use a 48 bar outer you could try there

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In article <[email hidden]>, Andrew Conroy
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake? I used to buy it from Peggler's in Arundel but they've gone
over to selling Quiggins, which is far inferior stuff :-( I know I bought
some in Cornwall last year, but it's a long way to go for a supply!

Thanks,

Andrew

They list stockists on their site:

http://www.kendal.mintcake.co.uk/links.shtml

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Andrew Conroy said:

Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake? I used to buy it from Peggler's in Arundel but they've gone
over to selling Quiggins, which is far inferior stuff :-( I know I bought
some in Cornwall last year, but it's a long way to go for a supply!

Thanks,

Andrew

That would be very convenient. My kids simply assume that I've got
Kendal mint in my bag when I get home after a walk, but I often
forget, or don't pass anywhere that sells it. I could order online on
the mobile and have it delivered next morning, so when they wake up,
there it is!!
Or I could just get organised and buy a bulk supply. But then they'd
find it and eat it.

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Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake?

Urgh.
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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:50:15 +0000 (GMT), Andrew Conroy
<[email hidden]> wrote:

| Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
| Mint Cake? I used to buy it from Peggler's in Arundel but they've gone
| over to selling Quiggins, which is far inferior stuff :-( I know I bought
| some in Cornwall last year, but it's a long way to go for a supply!

Whatever it says on the liable, Kendal Mint Cake is almost pure sugar, so
should last for *years* if kept dry. Buy a *lot* when you find it.

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Dave F

"Andrew Conroy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake? I used to buy it from Peggler's in Arundel but they've gone
over to selling Quiggins, which is far inferior stuff :-( I know I bought
some in Cornwall last year, but it's a long way to go for a supply!

No doubt this has been covered before, but (nice as it is) I thought Kendal
Mint Cake had gone out of favour as a 'trail food'.

Something about a sugar rush followed by an energy drop; same for Mars Bars
et al.

Aren't you supposed to carry slow release foods such as malt loaf (which
ISTR performed better in tests than all the fancy sports bars etc.)?

Then again, if it is just an addiction....:-)

Cheers
Dave R

P.S. any reason why you couldn't make your own with sugar, a bit of
glycerine, and some peppermint essence?

Quoted message said:

Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake? I used to buy it from Peggler's in Arundel but they've gone
over to selling Quiggins, which is far inferior stuff :-( I know I bought
some in Cornwall last year, but it's a long way to go for a supply!

Thanks,

Andrew

Sadly the only mint cake maker that has got it's act together with selling
over the web is Quiggins, where you can buy by the box at excellent value.
All other makers point you who they supply. I perfer Romney's as well

http://www.edirectory.co.uk/quiggins/

Dave, Kendal

Fran <[email hidden]> writes

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Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake?

Urgh.

That was my reaction when a woman friend of M****'s came on a Malham
walk with us, and bought some in the shoppe there.
She gave me a piece of it, even though I sneered at it, and then I
sneaked back in the shoppe and bought myself a bar. I didn't share
it.....
Thirty years or so since I tasted it has either changed the taste of the
bars or my taste preferences. You can get chocolate flavour.....
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Gordon Harris

Fran <[email hidden]> writes

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[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

Can anyone suggest a decent online store that can supply Romney's Kendal
Mint Cake?

Urgh.

That was my reaction when a woman friend of M****'s came on a Malham
walk with us, and bought some in the shoppe there.
She gave me a piece of it, even though I sneered at it, and then I
sneaked back in the shoppe and bought myself a bar. I didn't share
it.....
Thirty years or so since I tasted it has either changed the taste of the
bars or my taste preferences. You can get chocolate flavour.....
--
Gordon Harris

"David W.E. Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

No doubt this has been covered before, but (nice as it is) I thought Kendal
Mint Cake had gone out of favour as a 'trail food'.

Something about a sugar rush followed by an energy drop; same for Mars Bars
et al.

Mmm, sugar rush... I find it great if you're on a long distance walk
and have to get over a hill. The sugar rush gets you up the hill,
then you can just roll down the other side during the energy drop. It
certainly helped me on the Dorset stretch of the SWCP, which goes
steeply up and down at regular intervals. Has to be plain chocolate
coated though.

I wonder though - are after eight mints like "mini" Kendall Mint
Cakes? Could you just keep taking after 8's every few miles to keep
your energy topped up, rather than the one big energy rush of kendall
mint cake? I wouldn't fancy the hunt through the packet for the last
after 8 when I was tired at the end of a days walk though - it's bad
enough normally!

Quoted message said:

Aren't you supposed to carry slow release foods such as malt loaf (which
ISTR performed better in tests than all the fancy sports bars etc.)?

Supposedly, yes. My personal fave is Asda's "extra special" plain
chocolate, fruit & nut mix, which has nice stuff like orange flavoured
cranberries(???) and walnuts in. A little bit of luxury when you're
feeling shattered!

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P.S. any reason why you couldn't make your own with sugar, a bit of
glycerine, and some peppermint essence?

Yeah, I can't be bothered. I'd rather eat it than make it! You'd
definitely need to coat it in chocolate anyway - it's not nearly as
good otherwise!

Anth

Please link to http://www.wheresthepath.com/

"David W.E. Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

No doubt this has been covered before, but (nice as it is) I thought Kendal
Mint Cake had gone out of favour as a 'trail food'.

Something about a sugar rush followed by an energy drop; same for Mars Bars
et al.

Mmm, sugar rush... I find it great if you're on a long distance walk
and have to get over a hill. The sugar rush gets you up the hill,
then you can just roll down the other side during the energy drop. It
certainly helped me on the Dorset stretch of the SWCP, which goes
steeply up and down at regular intervals. Has to be plain chocolate
coated though.

I wonder though - are after eight mints like "mini" Kendall Mint
Cakes? Could you just keep taking after 8's every few miles to keep
your energy topped up, rather than the one big energy rush of kendall
mint cake? I wouldn't fancy the hunt through the packet for the last
after 8 when I was tired at the end of a days walk though - it's bad
enough normally!

Quoted message said:

Aren't you supposed to carry slow release foods such as malt loaf (which
ISTR performed better in tests than all the fancy sports bars etc.)?

Supposedly, yes. My personal fave is Asda's "extra special" plain
chocolate, fruit & nut mix, which has nice stuff like orange flavoured
cranberries(???) and walnuts in. A little bit of luxury when you're
feeling shattered!

Quoted message said:

P.S. any reason why you couldn't make your own with sugar, a bit of
glycerine, and some peppermint essence?

Yeah, I can't be bothered. I'd rather eat it than make it! You'd
definitely need to coat it in chocolate anyway - it's not nearly as
good otherwise!

Anth

Please link to http://www.wheresthepath.com/

"Anth" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Mmm, sugar rush... I find it great if you're on a long distance walk
and have to get over a hill. The sugar rush gets you up the hill,
then you can just roll down the other side during the energy drop.

I know this is what is generally said happens but I don't find my energy
levels fluctuate at all when hillwalking, whatever or whenever I eat. Am I
just odd? Does everyone else get ups and downs from sugar? Just curious.