My Kendal mint cake just arrived!

[ashes1627]

Hello. The Kendal Mint cake I ordered on sunday has arrived! I love the stuff, so I ordered 42 40g bars and 100 little 10g bars (individually wrapped). This post is just to say how happy I am that it arrived.

[Shewie]

Have you had a go at your own yet ?

There's recipe kicking about on here somewhere

[John Fenna]

Tooth rot heaven!
I like the choc coated version ....Mmmmmmmmmmm!

[ashes1627]

Have you had a go at your own yet ?

There's recipe kicking about on here somewhere

Not yet, although I am hoping to do so later on in the year, when I have some free time on my hands.

[FreddyFish]

That's 2.68kg of tooth rot, just wondering how long will that last you??

[ashes1627]

I like the choc coated version ....Mmmmmmmmmmm!

I have a bar of that here that I havn't tried yet; certainly something I am looking forward to!

[slasha9]

WOW! and I thought I had a problem with the stuff, but I have never bought over two kilos of the stuff!!!





glad to know that I'm not the only one with a problem

[seatarp]

I've never tried it! I'll have to get a bar and give it a go.

[GordonM]

Can anyone post a piccy of the mint cake product?

Gordy

[silvergirl]

Have you had a go at your own yet ?

There's recipe kicking about on here somewhere

Ahh. I've just told my daughter we'll have to try making our own. I'll go on a trawl.
(we bought two 2Kg bars when we were down in the Lakes last year)

[seatarp]

Can anyone post a piccy of the mint cake product?

How's this? a lot of mint cakey images

edit:
Just stumbled on this old BBC page http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content..._feature.shtml

[decorum]

I wonder if they'll do a marmite version?

[GordonM]

Thanks seatarp. I always see it as an item for survival kit / food stores. So it is more of a mint candy than what we (over here) think of as cake.

Gordy

[slasha9]

how's this? a lot of mint cakey images

edit:
Just stumbled on this old bbc page http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content..._feature.shtml

mint cake porn!!!!

[tombear]

The missus is asking "where from?!" - any weblink gratefully received!

[3bears]

That's 2.68kg of tooth rot, just wondering how long will that last you??

that's enough sugar to put a Rhino into a diabetic coma lol

[FreddyFish]

The missus is asking "where from?!" - any weblink gratefully received!

Try this CLICK

[John Fenna]

Thanks seatarp. I always see it as an item for survival kit / food stores. So it is more of a mint candy than what we (over here) think of as cake.

Gordy

Oh you poor Americans - not knowing the delights of Kendal Mint Cake!
Not cake as you know it (nor as in a cake of soap! nor as in caked in filth!)...melt in the mouth sweet mintyness and then more minty sweetness with a hint of...sweet...and mint...that melts in your mouth
Sheer tooth decay in a minty sweetness
OK - I now have raided my BOB and emptied it of Kendal Mint cake!
So much for the diet!

[Matthew.Passmore]

I love the chocolate coated bars Mmmmmmmm.............

[Berk]

Made a batch of the milk version this evening. It's bloody lovely... Not sure if it will even last tomorrow, ah well, we have plenty of sugar in to make some more.

[GordonM]

Cheers John F!

Gordy

[torc]

Last month I started using KMC in my tea. Two squares broken up into a mug of black tea is delicious.
I tried using Polo Mints and the Irish Silvermints but they left a white residue which is probably corn starch floating on top.
KMC is great in tea.
Happy trails...torc.

[slasha9]

Try it in coffee!!!! mmmmmmmmm

My eldest sometimes puts one end of a block of mint cake into his hot coffee and uses it like a straw (capillary action or somesuch I guess)

[Nova & Pinky]

mmmm.....

I made a batch of peppermint creams for Xmas pressies.
They were so good, Pinky had to make up another load a couple of weeks ago

Maybe I'll make some up to bring to the Dartmoor gathering

[nigel heffernan]

I see aldi are selling kendall mint cake, i bought myself some as a treat and decided to let the kids try some that was a bad idea the kids are addicted to it now lol, so my treat went quite fast lol

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

Wow....I haven't had Kendall Mint Cake since I was a child! My dad used to take us up to the hills of snowdonia back in the day (he was RAF Mountain rescue too), and we'd always have some. Aaaaarrrgh!! I need kendall mint cake!!!!!!! mmmmmmmmmm.

[tombear]

Ahem. She says She's Done That, it's the 10g ones she's chasing. (Mine not to reason why.) So, more info on Just Where You Place The Order, please?!

[ashes1627]

Ahem. She says She's Done That, it's the 10g ones she's chasing. (Mine not to reason why.) So, more info on Just Where You Place The Order, please?!

I got mine from http://www.kendalcorner.com/Wedding%20Favours.htm (no connection to seller etc). They are perfect for sticking in your pocket to have as a small treat!

[Thoth]

I discoverd this stuff in the Yorkshire Dales in 1977. Romney's brown sugar version was my favorite then and still is. It never fails to give me a boost, especially when the weather is grim. On an unexpected overnight bivvy last year it was a big hit when I dug out a bar, especially since there was little actual food between four of us. I always liked the little note on the back of the wrapper recalling the 1953 Eversest Expedition;

"We sat on the snow and looked at the country far below us ... we nibbled Kendal Mint cake" "It was easily the most popular item on our high altitude ration - our only criticism was that we did not have enough of it"

[Nonsuch]

The chocolate covered version is superb - reminiscent of Fry's Chocolate Cream (for those children of the sixties) but firmer.
I hav had a pack of the regular stuff in my rucksack as an emergency food for a few years. Interestingly it has now turned to a paste within its wrapper. I expect it will still do the job though.